Woodcrafters Corporation Manufactures Two Different Miniature Models of Furniture, a Table

question 1

Essay

Woodcrafters Corporation manufactures two different miniature models of furniture, a table and a chair. The company has 500 feet of lumber, 400 machine hours, and 600 direct labor hours available for production. The miniature tables and chairs provide $5 and $4 of contribution margin, respectively.
The time and lumber requirements to build a miniature table or chair are as follows:

a. What is the objective function being maximized?
b. What are the constraint equations?
c. Graph the constraint equations. Identify the feasible region.
d. What is the optimal solution?

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