Solutions to Problem Set 1

Question 1:

Manufacturer’s preferred product mix: Regular: 6398.67l Premium 1528.24l

(a) Price: anything above 1897.01, amount up to 24.21l

(b) Price: anything below 1897.01, amount up to 39.80l

Employees’ preferred product mix: Regular: 0l, Premium: 6181.82l

Question 2:

Meal A: 30% of the time, Meal B: 60%, Meal C: 10%

Question 3:

Tech A&M State Central

Richmond 0 250 0 170
Atlanta 420 0 190 0
Washington 0 0 130 210
Shortages 100 0 80 0

Question 4:

𝑆 = 0.964𝐼 + 204.107
Question 5:

Shipping schedule

Brazil to Louisville 6 carloads, Muncie to Cincinnati 1 carload, Xenia to Cincinnati 5 carloads;

Louisville to Macon 2 carloads, to Greenwood 4 carloads;

Cincinnati to Concord 3 carloads, to Chatham 3 carloads.

2 carloads are to be held at Muncie.

Question 6:

50 kg of Mix 1 and 25 kg of Mix 4.

Question 7: Not in syllabus. Ignore.