7-15 Electrocomps management realizes that it forgot to include two critical constraints (see
Problem 7-14).In particular, management decides that there should be a minimum number of air
conditioners produced in order to fulfill a contract. Also, due to an oversupply of fans in the
preceding period, a limit should be placed on the total number of fans produced.
(a) If Electrocomp decides that at least 20 air conditioners should be produced but no more than
80fans should be produced, what would be the optimal solution? How much slack is there for
eachof the four constraints?
(b) If Electrocomp decides that at least 30 air conditioners should be produced but no more than
50 ans should be produced, what would be the optimal solution? How much slack is there
for each of the four constraints at the optimal solution?
Dividend Rate
Potential 4% 8%
Answers: Louisiana Gas and Power = $1,358.70; Trimex Insulation Company = $1,820.65;
Short-term growth = $926.09; Intermediate-term growth = $5,000; Dividends = $200;
Minimum Costs = $3,179
7-25 Woofer Pet Foods produces a low-calorie dog food for overweight dogs. This product is
made from beef products and grain. Each pound of beef costs $0.90, and each pound of grain
costs $0.60. A pound of the dog food must contain at least 9 units of Vitamin 1 and 10 units of
Vitamin 2. A pound of beef contains 10 units of Vitamin 1 and 12 units of Vitamin 2. A pound of
grain contains 6 units of Vitamin 1 and 9 units of Vitamin 2. Formulate this as an LP problem to
minimize the cost of the dog food. How many pounds of beef and grain should be included in
each pound of dog food? What is the cost and vitamin content of the final product?
1.5 1 4 1 12
XM897
1.5 2 1 0.5 15
TR29
1 3 2 0.5 11
BR788
The production available in each department each month, and the minimum monthly production
requirement to fulfill contracts, are as follows:
Minimum Prod.
Department Capacity (hours) Product Level
15,000 150
Wiring XJ201
17,000 100
Drilling XM897
26,000 300
Assembly TR29
12,000 400
Inspection BR788
The production manager has the responsibility of specifying production levels for each
product for the coming month. Help him by calculating( that is, setting up the constraints
and objective function) Weinberger's problem using LP. Please show work