by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
The production planner for a private label soft drink maker is planning the production of two soft drinks: root beer (R) and sassafras soda (S). Two resources are constrained: production time (T), of which she has at most 12 hours per day; and carbonated water (W), of...
by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
An electronics firm produces two models of pocket calculators: the A-100 (A), which is an inexpensive four-function calculator, and the B-200 (B), which also features square root and percent functions. Each model uses one (the same) circuit board, of which there are...
by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
A local bagel shop produces two products: bagels (B) and croissants (C). Each bagel requires 6 ounces of flour, 1 gram of yeast, and 2 tablespoons of sugar. A croissant requires 3 ounces of flour, 1 gram of yeast, and 4 tablespoons of sugar. The company has 6,600...
by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
The owner of Crackers, Inc., produces two kinds of crackers: Deluxe (D) and Classic (C). She has a limited amount of the three ingredients used to produce these crackers available for her next production run: 4,800 ounces of sugar; 9,600 ounces of flour, and 2,000...
by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
In linear programming, a nonzero reduced cost is associated with a: A) decision variable in the solution. B) decision variable not in the solution. C) constraint for which there is slack. D) constraint for which there is surplus. E) constraint for which there is no...
by Prof. Eddie | Aug 4, 2020 | Business Questions 2
A constraint that does not form a unique boundary of the feasible solution space is a: A) redundant constraint. B) binding constraint. C) nonbinding constraint. D) feasible solution constraint. E) constraint that equals...
