A specialty-car manufacturer has plants in Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, and Ongwediva. Three models are produced, with daily production given in Table 1. Cars produced Ford Mazda Toyota 12 Windhoek 10 Ongwediva Otjiwarongo 4 20 8 12 Table 1: Daily production

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A specialty-car manufacturer has plants in Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, and Ongwediva. Three models
are produced, with daily production given in Table 1.
Cars produced
Ford Mazda Toyota
10
Windhoek
12
Ongwediva
4
20
Otjiwarongo
8
12
Table 1: Daily production
Because of a wage increase, February profits are lower than January profits. The profit per car is
tabulated by model as shown in Table 2.
Ford
Mazda
January February
$500
$1000
$1000
$2000
Toyota
$1500
$1200
Table 2: Profit per car
i) Assuming that all cars produced were sold, giving your answer in tabular form; calculate the daily
profits from each plant for both January and February? [Hint: Represent the given informations
in matrices and perform matrix multiplication]
ii) What was the daily profit in January from the Windhoek plant?
iii) What was the total daily profit (from all three plants) in February?
Transcribed Image Text:A specialty-car manufacturer has plants in Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, and Ongwediva. Three models are produced, with daily production given in Table 1. Cars produced Ford Mazda Toyota 10 Windhoek 12 Ongwediva 4 20 Otjiwarongo 8 12 Table 1: Daily production Because of a wage increase, February profits are lower than January profits. The profit per car is tabulated by model as shown in Table 2. Ford Mazda January February $500 $1000 $1000 $2000 Toyota $1500 $1200 Table 2: Profit per car i) Assuming that all cars produced were sold, giving your answer in tabular form; calculate the daily profits from each plant for both January and February? [Hint: Represent the given informations in matrices and perform matrix multiplication] ii) What was the daily profit in January from the Windhoek plant? iii) What was the total daily profit (from all three plants) in February?
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