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1. Furnco manufactures desks and chairs. Each desk uses 4 units of wood, and
each chair uses 3 units of wood. A desk contributes $40 to profit, and a chair
contributes $25. Marketing restrictions require that the number of chairs
produced be at least twice the number of desks produced. There are 20 units of
wood available.
Using the graph below, determine a production plan that maximizes Furnco’s
profit.
Furnco
10
6
Chairs
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Desks
(a) Draw isoprofit lines where the total profit equals 125, 150, 175, and 200.
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Based on problems 3.3, 3.5, 4.20, and 4.27 (pp. 89-144) in Practical Management Science, by Wayne
Winston and S. Christian Albright (2nd Ed., Duxbury Press, 2001). Used with permission.
2. A farmer in Iowa owns 45 acres of land. She is going to plant each acre with wheat or
corn. Each acre planted with wheat yields $200 profit; each with corn yields $300 profit.
The labor and fertilizer used for each acre are given in the table below. 100 workers and
120 tons of fertilizer are available.
Wheat Corn
Labor 3 workers 2 workers
Fertilizer 2 tons 4 tons
Using the graph below, determine the planting scheme that will maximize profit
for the farmer.
Iowa Farmer
50
40
30
Corn
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Wheat
(a) Draw isoprofit lines where the total profit equals $6,000, $8,000, $10,000,
and $12,000.
A B C D E F G H I J
1 Bonds Home Loans Auto Loans Personal Loans
objective function:
2 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 14.75% =SUMPRODUCT(B2:E2,B3:E3)
3 Investment Returns 10.0% 16.0% 13.0% 20.0%
4 =SUM(B8:E8)
=E2
5
6 =SUMPRODUCT(B9:E9,B2:E2)
7 Bonds Home Loans Auto Loans Personal Loans
8 Total Funds = 100% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 100.0% <= 100.0%
9 Personal <= Bonds -100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% <= 0.0%
10 Home <= Auto 0.0% 100.0% -100.0% 0.0% 0.0% <= 0.0%
11 Personal Loans Limit 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 25.0% <= 25.0%
(a) What is the optimal allocation of funds to the various investment types?
(b) What is the expected return on investment from the optimal portfolio?
(c) What would be the improvement in the return on investment if the limit
on the total amount invested in personal loans were increased to 30%?
(d) If the return on bonds increases from 10% to 13%, what will happen to the
optimal allocation of funds?
A B C D E F G H
1 Microsoft Excel 9.0 Sensitivity Report
2 Worksheet: [spract-lp5.xls]Sheet1
3 Report Created: 12/3/01 2:54:09 PM
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6 Adjustable Cells
7 Final Reduced Objective Allowable Allowable
8 Cell Name Value Cost Coefficient Increase Decrease
9 $G$9 Crude 1 Gas 1 2088.89 0.00 21 0 3.19744E-14
10 $H$9 Crude 1 Gas 2 2111.11 0.00 11 3.19744E-14 47.025
11 $I$9 Crude 1 Gas 3 800.00 0.00 1 51.125 0
12 $G$10 Crude 2 Gas 1 777.78 0.00 31 1.27898E-14 0
13 $H$10 Crude 2 Gas 2 4222.22 0.00 21 1E+30 1.27898E-14
14 $I$10 Crude 2 Gas 3 0.00 0.00 11 0 1E+30
15 $G$11 Crude 3 Gas 1 133.33 0.00 41 0 2.13163E-14
16 $H$11 Crude 3 Gas 2 3166.67 0.00 31 2.13163E-14 30.9
17 $I$11 Crude 3 Gas 3 200.00 0.00 21 204.5 0
18 $G$17 Advertising Gas 1 $0 ($209) -1 209 1E+30
19 $H$17 Advertising Gas 2 $750 $0 -1 1E+30 104.5
20 $I$17 Advertising Gas 3 $0 ($409) -1 409 1E+30
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22 Constraints
23 Final Shadow Constraint Allowable Allowable
24 Cell Name Value Price R.H. Side Increase Decrease
25 $B$19 Total produced 13500 0 14000 1E+30 500
26 $B$22 Actual total octane Gas 1 30800 0 0 800 1E+30
27 $C$22 Actual total octane Gas 2 76000 -3.55271E-15 0 800 2800
28 $D$22 Actual total octane Gas 3 11200 0 0 5200 1E+30
29 $B$27 Actual total Sulfur Gas 1 30 3090 0 5 2
30 $C$27 Actual total Sulfur Gas 2 190 3090 0 5 31.66666667
31 $D$27 Actual total Sulfur Gas 3 10 3090 0 5 5
32 $G$19 Total demand Gas 1 3000 20.8 0 500 400
33 $H$19 Total demand Gas 2 9500 -0.1 0 1E+30 7500
34 $I$19 Total demand Gas 3 1000 40.8 0 500 250
35 $J$9 Crude 1 Total purchased 5000 57.25 5000 200 200
36 $J$10 Crude 2 Total purchased 5000 20.9 5000 400 1400
37 $J$11 Crude 3 Total purchased 3500 0 5000 1E+30 1500
(c) How much of the Crude Oil 2 will be used to make Gas 3?
(d) The marketing director insists that Sunco needs to spend $500 advertising
Gas 1. What will this do to the net profit?
(e) 500 barrels of Crude Oil 2 are available on the spot market. How much
should Sunco offer per barrel for this commodity?
(f) Assuming that the seller agrees to Sunco’s price, how many barrels of
Crude Oil 2 should they buy?
(g) 500 barrels of Crude Oil 3 are available on the spot market. How much
should Sunco offer per barrel for this commodity?
(h) Assuming that the seller agrees to Sunco’s price, how many barrels of
Crude Oil 3 should they buy?