Four products are processed sequentially on three machines. The following table gives the pertinent data of the problem.

Manufacturing time (hr) per unit

Machine

Cost per hr ($)

Product 1

Product 2

Product 3

Product4

Capacity (hr)

1

10

2

3

4

2

500

2

5

3

2

1

2

380

3

4

7

3

2

1

450

Unit selling price ($)

75

70

55

45

a) Formulate the problem as an Linear programming model, and find the optimum solution.

Expert Answer

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I will assume you gave the correct numbers. Now, present them in a way we can understand. Copy/paste from spreadsheets and word processor files does not work well here.