A manufacturer produces two types of barbecue grills: Old Smokey and Blaze Away. During production, the grills require the use of two machines A and B. The number of hours needed on both machines are indicated in the table     below.  Each machine can be used for 24 hours a day. The profit for each unit of Old Smokey and Blaze Away are $5 and $3, respectively.   Machine A Machine B Old Smokey 2 hrs 4 hrs Blaze Away 3 hrs 2 hrs                      a)           Formulate the LP (Linear Programming) problem.

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A manufacturer produces two types of barbecue grills: Old Smokey and Blaze Away. During production, the grills require the use of two machines A and B. The number of hours needed on both machines are indicated in the table     below.  Each machine can be used for 24 hours a day. The profit for each unit of Old Smokey and Blaze Away are $5 and $3, respectively.

 

Machine A

Machine B

Old Smokey

2 hrs

4 hrs

Blaze Away

3 hrs

2 hrs

      

              a)           Formulate the LP (Linear Programming) problem.        

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