HAWASSA UNIVERSITY IoT

Computer application in water supply and environmental

engineering

Practical Exam

Optimization Question

1. A company manufactures two products (A and B) and the

profit per unit sold is 5 and 7Birr respectively. Each product
has to be assembled on a particular machine, each unit of
product A taking 24 minutes of assembly time and each unit
of product B 50 minutes of assembly time. The company
estimates that the machine used for assembly has an
effective working week of only 45 hours (due to
maintenance/breakdown). For every ten units of product B
produced at least four units of product A must be produced.
2. A manufacturer makes two varieties, V1 and V2, of an article
having parts that must be cut, assembled, and finished. The
manufacturer knows that as many articles as are produced can
be sold.
• Variety V1 takes 30 min to cut, 70 min to assemble, and 75
min to finish; it yields $45 profit.
• Variety V2 takes 80 min to cut, 40 min to assemble, and 42
 min to finish, and yields a $60 profit.
• Not more than 450 min of cutting time, 480 min of assembly
time, and 476 min of finishing time are available each day.
How many articles of each variety should be manufactured
each day to maximize profit?
3. Two crops are grown on a land of 200 ha. The cost of raising
crop 1 is 3 unit/ha, while for crop 2 it is 1 unit/ha. The benefit
from crop 1 is 5 unit/ha and from crop 2, it is 2 unit/ha. A total
of 300 units of money is available for raising both crops.
What should be the cropping plan (how much area for crop 1
and how much for crop 2) in order to maximize the total
benefits?
4. Three crops are grown on a land of 450 ha. The cost of
raising crop 1,crop 2 and crop 3 is 30 unit/ha, 15 unit/ha and
25 unit/ha with benefit 38 unit/ha, 20 unit/ha and 31 unit/ha
respectively. A total of 500 units of money is available for
raising both crops.
What should be the cropping plan (how much area for crop 1,
crop 2 and crop 3) in order to maximize the total benefits?
5. A manufacturer makes two varieties, V1 and V2, of an article
having parts that must be cut, assembled, and finished. The
manufacturer knows that as many articles as are produced can
be sold.
 • Variety V1 takes 3 min to cut, 7 min to assemble, and 8 min
to finish; it yields $4.5 profit.
• Variety V2 takes 8 min to cut, 4 min to assemble, and 5 min
to finish, and yields a $6 profit.
• Not more than 45 min of cutting time, 48 min of assembly
time, and 47 min of finishing time are available each day.
How many articles of each variety should be manufactured
each day to maximize profit?
6. A manufacturer makes three varieties, V1, V2 and V3, of an
article having parts that must be cut, assembled, and finished.
The manufacturer knows that as many articles as are produced
can be sold.
• Variety V1 takes 3 min to cut, 7 min to assemble, and 8 min
to finish; it yields $4.5 profit.
• Variety V2 takes 8 min to cut, 4 min to assemble, and 5 min
to finish, and yields a $6 profit.
• Variety V3takes 12 min to cut, 8 min to assemble, and 9 min
to finish, and yields a $8 profit.
• Not more than 60 min of cutting time, 55 min of assembly
time, and 52 min of finishing time are available each day.
How many articles of each variety should be manufactured
each day to maximize profit?
7. A company manufactures two products (A and B) and the profit
per unit sold is 15 and 17Birr respectively. Each product has to be
assembled on a particular machine, each unit of product A taking
34 minutes of assembly time and each unit of product B 60
minutes of assembly time. The company estimates that the
machine used for assembly has an effective working week of only
48 hours (due to maintenance/breakdown). For every ten units of
product B produced at least four units of product A must be
produced.