SOLUTION: Word problem #1 Need to make at least 12 heat and at least 20 radar missiles per month. Production limits number of missiles to no more than 72 per month Will sell the heat miss

Question 88108: Word problem #1
Need to make at least 12 heat and at least 20 radar missiles per month.
Production limits number of missiles to no more than 72 per month
Will sell the heat missilies for 312,000 and radar for 512,000.
How many of each should be sold to max profits per month?? What is the max profit?
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So hard to work out - HELP!! thanks
lucyloo
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Need to make at least 12 heat and at least 20 radar missiles per month.
Production limits number of missiles to no more than 72 per month
Will sell the heat missiles for 312,000 and radar for 512,000.
How many of each should be sold to max profits per month?? What is the max profit?
:
Let x = no. of heat seeking missiles
Let y = no. of radar guided missiles
Need:
Constraints
Requirement constraints:
x => 12
y => 20
x + y =< 72
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Here you tell us the price of the missiles, but this is not the profit on each
We need to know that

Objective Function
solution
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