SOLUTION: A company manufactures both liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma televisions. The cost of materials for an LCD television is $125, and the cost of materials for a plasma TV is $

Question 1054488: A company manufactures both liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma televisions. The cost of materials for an LCD television is $125, and the cost of materials for a plasma TV is $150. The cost of labor to manufacture one LCD television is $80, and the cost of labor to manufacture one plasma television is $85. How many of each type of television can the manufacturer produce during a week in which $18,000 has been budgeted for materials and $10,750 has been budgeted for labor?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let be the number of LCD sets, the number of plasma sets.
Material:
Labor :
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You don't have a target to aim for.
Typically you want to achieve the highest profit or make the most number of TVs.
I'll assume you want to maximize the number of TVs.

So at each of the vertices, calculate P.
(0,120):
(60,70):
(134.375,0):
Since you can only make whole TVs, round down to .
So make only plasma TVs to maximize the number of TVs you make.

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