Southern Sporting Goods Company makes basketballs and footballs. Each product is produced from two resources—rubber and leather. The resource requirements for each product and the total resources available are as follows:  Product Rubber (lb.) Leather (ft.2) Basketball 3 4 Football 2 5 Total resource available 500 lb. 800 ft.2 Each basketball produced results in a profit of $12, and each football earns $16 in profit. 1) solve by the Simplex method

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Southern Sporting Goods Company makes basketballs and footballs. Each product is produced from two resources—rubber and leather. The resource requirements for each product and the total resources available are as follows: 

Product Rubber (lb.) Leather (ft.2)
Basketball 3 4
Football 2 5
Total resource available 500 lb. 800 ft.2

Each basketball produced results in a profit of $12, and each football earns $16 in profit.

1) solve by the Simplex method 

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