Z-Salon profits  $12 on each manicure and $18 per haircut.  A manicure takes 30 minutes and a haircut takes 50 minutes.  There are 5 stylists who each work 6 hours per day  (that is a total of 360 min x 5 = 1800 minutes in available labor).  The salon can schedule 50 appointments per day.  How many manicures and how many haircuts should be scheduled each day in order order to maximize profit?  What is the maximum profit?

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Z-Salon profits  $12 on each manicure and $18 per haircut.  A manicure takes 30 minutes and a haircut takes 50 minutes.  There are 5 stylists who each work 6 hours per day  (that is a total of 360 min x 5 = 1800 minutes in available labor).  The salon can schedule 50 appointments per day.  How many manicures and how many haircuts should be scheduled each day in order order to maximize profit?  What is the maximum profit?

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Let x = number of manicures

Let y = number of haircuts

 

OBJECTIVE

The objective (goal) is to maximize profit, P.  So the objective equation is

P  = ______________________________________________  objective equation

 

 

CONSTRAINTS:

 

1)

 

2)

 

3)

 

4)

  

Now graph the above system of inequalities (constraints) on your graph paper:

 

Find all  vertices (corner points) of your shaded region.  Plug them in one at a time into

the objective.  Note the one which makes P the biggest.  This one is our solution.

 

                Corner Pt (x,y)                      Objective Value  (Profit)

1.

 

2.

 

3.

 

4.

The number of manicures ,            x =  ____

The  number of  haircuts,               y =   ____

Maximum Profit,                               P =   ____

    

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