SOLUTION: The XYZ Furniture Company produces chairs and tables from two resources, labour and wood. The company has B0 hours of labour and 36 pounds of wood available each day. Demand for ch

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Question 1138592: The XYZ Furniture Company produces chairs and tables from two resources, labour and wood. The company has B0 hours of labour and 36 pounds of wood available each day. Demand for chairs is limited to 6 per day, Each chair requires B hours of labour and 2 pounds of wood, whereas a table requires 10 hours of labour and 6 pounds of wood. The profit derived from each chair is K400 and from each table is K100. The company wants to determine the number of chairs and tables to produce each day in order to maximize profit.
i. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem
ii. Solve the model by using graphical method.
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In this passage 
    The company has B0 hours

replace ' B0 ' by the number (by the correct number, I mean)



In this passage 
    Each chair requires B hours

replace " B " by the number (by the correct number, again.)



After completing my instructions - re-post to the forum.




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