Spoiled Rotten Cat Furniture, Inc. (SRCF) manufactures \"furniture” for cats at

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Question

Spoiled Rotten Cat Furniture, Inc. (SRCF) manufactures "furniture” for cats at two manufacturing facilities. One of the furniture items is made with cedar wood.

The company has two suppliers that provide board feet of cedar in packs of 20 board feet per pack. The table below shows the unit costs to acquire a pack of wood from the suppliers and transport it to the manufacturing plants. The table also shows the amount each supplier can provide and the amount each manufacturing plant needs for the upcoming production period.

Suppliers

Manufacturing Plants

Supply Available

$121

$132

500 packs

$130

$123

2,500 packs

Production Demand

2,000 packs

1,000 packs

12,000 packs

You do NOT have to completely formulate this linear program. Do NOT try to solve it. Just answer the following question about this problem. Pick the answer choice that is best for this question. You may find it helpful to sketch out the scenario on your scrap paper.

What is the Node A Constraint for this LP?

Select one:

a. 1X1A + 1X2A 500 packs Node A Demand Constraint

b. 121XA1 + 132XA2 500 packs Node A Supply Constraint

c. 121X1A + 132X2A 500 packs Node A Supply Constraint

d. 1XA1 + 1XA2 500 packs Node A Supply Constraint

e. 121X1A + 132X2A 500 packs Node A Demand Constraint

f. 121XA1 + 132XA2 500 packs Node A Demand Constraint

g. 1X1A + 1X2A 500 packs Node A Supply Constraint

h. 1XA1 + 1XA2 500 packs Node A Demand Constraint