Harambee University

Faculty of Business and Economics

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Group Assignment for the course

Name ID

Instructor

xxxxx

January 2022

Adama, Ethiopia

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1 . The South fork Feed Company makes a feed mix from four ingredients oats,
corn, soybeans, and a vitamin supplement. The company has 300 pounds of oats,
400 pounds of corn, 200 pounds of soybeans, and 100 pounds of vitamin
supplement available for the mix. The company has the following requirements for
the mix:

 At least 30% of the mix must be soybeans.

 At least 20% of the mix must be the vitamin supplement.
 The ratio of corn to oats cannot exceed 2 to 1.
 The amount of oats cannot exceed the amount of soybeans.
 The mix must be at least 500 pounds.

A pound of oats costs $0.50; a pound of corn, $1.20; a pound of soybeans, $0.60;
and a pound of vitamin supplement, $2.00. The feed company wants to know the
number of pounds of each ingredient to put in the mix in order to minimize cost.

a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.

Answer

X1 = Number of lb of oats
X2 = Number of lb of corn
X3 = Number of lb of soybean
X4 = Number of lb of vitamin supplement
Min Z = 0.50x1 + 1.20x2 + 0.60x3 + 2.00x4
Subject to

X1 <=300
X2 <=400

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 X3 <=200
X4 <=100
X3/(X1 +X2 + X3 + X4) >= 0.30
X4/(X1 +X2 + X3 + X4) >= 0.20
X2/X1 <= 2/1
X1 <= X3
X1 +X2 + X3 + X4 >=500
X1 *X2 * X3 * X4 >= 0
2 - A bicycle manufacturer makes tow models – a sports cycle and racer. In order
to make a sports model, 6 man hours are needed, while a racer model requires 10
man hours. The manufacturer can employ no more than 15 men and these men
work 8 hours per day for 6 day each week. The cost of material amount to birr 500
per cycle and the manufacturer’s weekly quota of such materials may not exceed
birr 40, 000. The firm has a contract to supply at least 30 sport models and 20
racers per week. How many cycles of each type should be made in order to obtain
the maximum possible profit, if the profit on each sport cycle is birr 100 and on
each racing model is birr 300?

Answer

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So, for maximum profit manufacture must produces 25 numbers of models X and 30 number of
model Y bikes.

3. Dr. Maureen Becker, the head administrator at Jefferson County Regional

Hospital, must determine a schedule for nurses to make sure there are enough of
them on duty throughout the day. During the day, the demand for nurses varies.
Maureen has broken the day into twelve 2-hour periods. The slowest time of the
day encompasses the three periods from 12:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M., which,
beginning at midnight, require a minimum of 30, 20, and 40 nurses, respectively.
The demand for nurses steadily increases during the next four daytime periods.
Beginning with the 6:00 A.M.8:00 A.M. period, a minimum of 50, 60, 80, and 80
nurses are required for these four periods, respectively. After 2:00 P.M. the
demand for nurses decreases during the afternoon and evening hours. For the five
2-hour periods beginning at 2:00 P.M. and ending at midnight, 70, 70, 60, 50, and
50 nurses are required, respectively. A nurse reports for duty at the beginning of
one of the 2-hour periods and works 8 consecutive hours (which is required in the
nurses' contract). Dr. Becker wants to determine a nursing schedule that will meet
the hospital's minimum requirements throughout the day while using the minimum
number of nurses.

a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.

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Answer

12 Variables (one for each time block)

X1= # of nurses starting at Midnight & working 8 hours

X2 = # of nurses starting at 2am & working 8 hours

X3= # of nurses starting at 4am & working 8 hours

X4 = # of nurses starting at 6am & working 8 hours

X5 = # of nurses starting at 8am & working 8 hours

X6 = # of nurses starting at 10am & working 8 hours

X7 = # of nurses starting at noon & working 8 hours

X8 = # of nurses starting at 2pm & working 8 hours

X9 = # of nurses starting at 4pm & working 8 hours

X10 = # of nurses starting at 6pm &working 8 hours

X11 = # of nurses starting at 8pm & working 8 hours

X12 = # of nurses starting at 10pm & working 8 hours

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Min = X1 + X2 + X3+ X4 + X5 + X6 ………….. X11 + X12

ST

X1 = + X10 + X11 + X12 >= 30 mid-2am

X1 + X2 + X11 + X12 >= 20 2am-4pm
X1 + X2 + X3 + X12 >= 40 4am-6am
X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 >= 50 6am-8am
X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 >= 60 8am-10am
X3 + X4 + X5 + X6 >= 80 10am-Noon
X 4+ X5 + X6 + X7 >= 80 Noon-2pm
X5 + X6 + X7 + X8 >= 70 2pm-4pm
X6 + X7 + X8 + X9 >= 70 4pm-6pm
X7 + X8 + X9 + X10 >=60 6pm-8pm
X8 + X9 + X10 + X11 >=50 8pm-10pm
X9 + X10 + X11 + X12 >= 50 10pm-mid night

4. The Munchies Cereal Company makes a cereal from several ingredients. Two of
the ingredients, oats and rice, provide vitamins A and B. The company wants to
know how many ounces of oats and rice it should include in each box of cereal to
meet the minimum requirements of 48 milligrams of vitamin A and 12 milligrams
of vitamin B while minimizing cost. An ounce of oats contributes 8 milligrams of
vitamin A and 1 milligram of vitamin B, whereas an ounce of rice contributes 6
milligrams of A and 2 milligrams of B. An ounce of oats costs $0.05, and an ounce
of rice costs $0.03.

a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.

b. Solve this model by using graphical analysis.

Answer

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5. The Crumb and Custard Bakery makes coffee cakes and Danish pastries in large
pans. The main ingredients are flour and sugar. There are 25 pounds of flour and
16 pounds of sugar available, and the demand for coffee cakes is 5. Five pounds of
flour and 2 pounds of sugar are required to make a pan of coffee cakes, and 5
pounds of flour and 4 pounds of sugar are required to make a pan of Danish. A pan
of coffee cakes has a profit of $1, and a pan of Danish has a profit of $5.
Determine the number of pans of cakes and Danish to produce each day so that
profit will be maximized.

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 a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.
b. Solve this model by using graphical analysis.

Answer

X1 = Coffee Cakes

X2 = Danish Pastries

Flour Sugar Profit

Coffee Cakes 5 2 1
Danish Pastries 5 4 5

Max Z = X1 + X2

SUBJECT TO = 5X1 + 5X2 <= 25

2X1 + 4X2 <= 16

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6. The Elixer Drug Company produces a drug from two ingredients. Each
ingredient contains the same three antibiotics, in different proportions. One gram
of ingredient 1 contributes 3 units, and 1 gram of ingredient 2 contributes 1 unit of
antibiotic 1; the drug requires 6 units. At least 4 units of antibiotic 2 are required,
and the ingredients each contribute 1 unit per gram. At least 12 units of antibiotic 3
are required; a gram of ingredient 1 contributes 2 units, and a gram of ingredient 2
contributes 6 units. The cost for a gram of ingredient 1 is $80, and the cost for a
gram of ingredient 2 is $50. The company wants to formulate a linear
programming model to determine the number of grams of each ingredient that
must go into the drug in order to meet the antibiotic requirements at the minimum
cost.

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 a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.
b. Solve this model by using graphical analysis.

Drugs Antibiotics Coast

1 2 3
Ingridients 1(x) 3 1 2 $80
Ingridients 2(y) 1 1 6 $50
Total 6 4 12
a. Then, we formulate it as:

Y<= 6
x + y <= 4
2x + 6y <= 12
x>= 0
y >= 0
After we got the points, now we can count the cost and find the minimum cost from the cost
equation, C: $80x + $50y

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