Green Vehicle​ Inc., manufactures electric cars and small delivery trucks. It has just opened a new factory where the C1 car and the T1 truck can both be manufactured. To make either​ vehicle, processing in the assembly shop and in the paint shop are required. It takes 1/25 of a day and 1/60 of a day to paint a truck of type T1 and a car of type C1 in the paint​ shop, respectively. It takes ​1/45 of a day to assemble either type of vehicle in the assembly shop.   A T1 truck and a C1 car yield profits of $300 and $220​, respectively, per vehicle sold.   The aim of the objective function for Green Vehicle Inc. should be to Maximize the objective value. Part 2 The optimum solution​ is: Number of trucks to be produced per day​ = ? enter your response here

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Green Vehicle​ Inc., manufactures electric cars and small delivery trucks. It has just opened a new factory where the C1 car and the T1 truck can both be manufactured. To make either​ vehicle, processing in the assembly shop and in the paint shop are required. It takes 1/25 of a day and 1/60 of a day to paint a truck of type T1 and a car of type C1 in the paint​ shop, respectively. It takes ​1/45 of a day to assemble either type of vehicle in the assembly shop.
 
A T1 truck and a C1 car yield profits of $300 and $220​, respectively, per vehicle sold.
 
The aim of the objective function for Green Vehicle Inc. should be to Maximize the objective value.
Part 2
The optimum solution​ is:
Number of trucks to be produced per day​ = ?
enter your response here
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Given data is

Profit from truck = $300

Profit from car = $220

Painting time for truck = 0.04 day

Painting time for car = 0.017 day

Assembly time for car and truck = 0.022 day

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