Answer to Question #346975 in Operations Research for Kunu

Question

2. A firm produces three products A, B, and C, each of which passes through three departments: Fabrication, Finishing and Packaging. Each unit of product A requires 3, 4 and 2 hours; a unit of B requires 5, 4 and 4 hours while each unit of product C requires 2, 4, 5 hours respectively in the three departments. Every day, 60 hours are available in fabrication department, 72 hours in the finishing department and 100 hours in the packaging department. If the unit contribution of product A is ETB 5, of product B is ETB 10, and of product C is ETB 8, determine the number of units of each of the products, which should be made each day to maximize the total contribution. Also determine if any capacity would remain unutilised.

a. Write the formulation for this linear program.

b. Solve the Linear programming problem using simplex method.

Answer 1

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