BM1710

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1. Smith’s, a clothing manufacturer in Niagara, New York that produces men’s shirts and pajamas, has
two (2) primary resources available: sewing-machine time (in the sewing department) and cutting-
machine time (in the cutting department). Over the next month, owner Barbara Smith can schedule up
to 280 hours of work on sewing machines and up to 450 hours of work on cutting machines. Each
shirt produced requires 1.00 hour of sewing time and 1.50 hours of cutting time. Producing each pair
of pajamas requires 0.75 hours of sewing time and 2 hours of cutting time.
Smith’s accounting department analyzes cost and sales figures and states that each shirt produced
will yield a $4 contribution to profit and that each pair of pajamas will yield a $3 contribution to profit.
Create a linear programming model for the Smith’s.

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2. Solve the linear programming problem for Kevin Caskey Wholesale Inc. using the corner-point method.

𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀: $9𝑀𝑀1 + $7𝑀𝑀2

𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶: 2𝑀𝑀1 + 𝑀𝑀2 ≤ 40
𝑀𝑀1 + 3𝑀𝑀2 ≤ 30
𝑀𝑀1 , 𝑀𝑀2 ≥ 0

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CRITERIA POINTS
Complete solution with correct answer 5
Last two major steps of the solution are incorrect 4
Half of the solution is correct 3
First two major steps of the solution are correct 2
First major step of the solution is correct 1

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