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1. Harkin Electronics is planning its production next quarter for its two produc

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Question

1. Harkin Electronics is planning its production next quarter for its two product lines, relays and capacitors. Profit contribution is $250 for a case of relays and $200 for a case of capacitors. The company uses three resources to produce its product. Labor, stamping capacity and testing capacity. Next quarter 80,000 hours of labor will be available; a case of relays requires 200 hours of labor and a case of capacitors require 150. The company has two stamping machines each are available for 800 hours next quarter, and a case of relays requires 4 hours on the stamping machine and a case of capacitors require 2 hours. Relays require 5 hours on the testing machine and capacitors require 3 hours. The testing machine will be available for 2,000 hours next quarter. The company has outstanding orders for 500 relays. Formulate as a linear programming problem.

Explanation / Answer

Let x and y be the quantity of relays and capacitators produced by the company The objective function is to Maximize Profit Max Z = 250x + 200y Subject to 200x + 150y 80000 (Labor Hours Constraint) 4x + 2y 1600 (Stamping Machines Constraint) 5x + 3y 2000 (Testing Machine Constraint) x 500 (500 outstanding Relay orders Constraint) x , y 0 (Non Negativity Constraint)