Need to make both airplanes and helicopters
Can't make more than 50 airplanes and no more than 30 helicopters
Cost to make airplane - 60,000
Cost to make helicopter - 90,000
Budget to spend - 3.6 million
Need to find Max. profit if get 400,000 for each sirplane sold amd 850,000 for each helicopter sold???
Also - how many helicopters cam be made
HELP
NEED:
Constraints, object function, and solution
thanks so much
lucyloo
Let x = the number of airplanes to make.
Let y = the number of helicopters to make.
>>...Can't make more than 50 airplanes...<<
So that says
x < 50
>>...no more than 30 helicopters...<<
y < 30
>>...Cost to make airplane - 60,000...<<
That says
the cost to make the x airplanes is 60000x
>>...Cost to make helicopter - 90,000...<<
That says:
The cost to make y helicopters is 90000y
>>...Budget to spend - 3.6 million...<<
That says
60000x + 90000 < 3600000
So the constraints are:
x < 50
y < 30
60000x + 90000y < 3600000
x > 0
y > 0
Those last two are to prevent the number of
planes or helicopters from being negative.
We can simplify
60000x + 90000 < 3600000
by dividing through by 30000, getting
2x + 3y < 120
So the constraints are
x < 50
y < 30
2x + 3y < 120
x > 0
y > 0
>>...get 400,000 for each sirplane sold...<<
>>...Cost to make airplane - 60,000...<<
So the profit made on an airplane is
400000 - 60000 = 340000
So the profit made on x airplanes is 340000x
>>...850,000 for each helicopter sold...<<
>>...Cost to make helicopter - 90,000...<<
So the profit made on a helicopter is
850000 - 90000 = 760000
So the profit made on y helicopters is 760000x
So the total profit P for making x airplanes and
y helicopters is
P = 340000x + 760000y
So to state the problem correctly:
Maximize the objective function
P = 340000x + 760000y
subject to the constraints:
x < 50
y < 30
2x + 3y < 120
x > 0
y > 0
We draw the graphs of these equations, formed
by replacing the symbols of inequality by
equal signs:
x = 50 (a vertical line 50 units right of the y-axis)
(the feasible region is on or left of this line)
y = 30 (a horizontal line 30 units above the x-axis
(the feasible region is on or below this line)
2x + 3y = 120 (a slanted line with intercepts (60,0), (0,40)
(the feasible region is on or between this line
and the x- and y- axes.
x = 0 (the y-axis)
(the feasible region is on or right of the y-axis
y = 0 (the x-axis)
(the feasible region is on or above the x-axis)
The feasible region is this polygon:
Find the corner points by substitution using the
equations:
Now substitute each of those corner points in the
objective function and you'll find that the optimum
point is (15,30) for a profit of $27,900,000 when
they make 15 airplanes and 30 helicopters.
Edwin