MICA Impetus – Round 2

SOLUTION

Problem Statement:
Casino A has a deficit of $4 million worth of chips which needs to satisfied by 6 p.m. to make the
casino ready for the evening’s play.

Assumptions:
1. We assume that Company XYZ sails the cruises at intervals of one hour such that Casino B
leaves the shore at 7 p.m. and Casino C leaves the shore at 8 p.m.
2. The 3 different cruises are currently docked at the shore and are able to receive shipments
of any amount of chips.
3. The other 2 cruises are not damaged and their casinos have the required amount of chips
for their functioning.

Solution:
Since Aurora Chips, the chips supplier for Company XYZ has promised to supply all the chips
within 24 hours and has a capacity of producing chips worth $500 thousand per day, it implies
that Aurora Chips currently has a stock of chips worth $3.5 million. This stock of $3.5 million can
be immediately transported from Aurora Chips to the cruise containing Casino A, before 6 p.m.
This leaves us with a deficit of $500 thousand worth of chips.

Then, Casino A can borrow $500 thousand worth of chips from Casino B before 6 p.m. to fill
its own deficit and be ready with chips before the evening’s play begins.

The deficit with Casino B currently ($500 thousand of chips) can be satisfied by either Orion
Chips or Cimba Chips as they have the requisite stock and can deliver by 6:30 p.m., half an hour
before the stipulated departure time of the cruise containing Casino B.

This satisfies the demand for chips for both Casino A and Casino B before their departure times
and enables them for the evening’s play.

Submitted by:
Sunidhi Jain
Savi Agarwal
Lakshya Agarwal

Hansraj College