Commonwealth Dry Cleaners Has 400 Hours a Week Available to Use

question 29

Essay

Commonwealth Dry Cleaners has 400 hours a week available to use in dry cleaning or laundry. Four thousand inches of hanging space is available. The average item that is dry cleaned takes six inches of hanging space, whereas laundry items take up only three inches of hanging space. The contribution margin for laundry items averages $3.50; dry cleaned items average $6.50. Fifty items can be washed per hour, whereas only twenty can be dry cleaned.
Required:
a. Determine the objective function. Is it a minimization or maximization function?
b. Set up the constraint equations.

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Definitions:

Exposure Therapies

A set of therapeutic techniques used to treat fears and phobias by gradually exposing patients to the feared object or context without any danger, in order to overcome their anxiety.

Aversive Conditioning

A form of behavior modification that involves using unpleasant stimuli to discourage undesirable behaviors.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique aimed at reducing fear or anxiety responses, through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, emphasizing the role of reinforcement in shaping behavior.