Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport

College of Management & Technology

7th week Assignment

Course Title: Operations research Lecturer: Dr Abdelfattah salem

Name: Sara hassan Registration #: 18102055

Question 1
What are the main benefits of using Operations research in business?
Help decision makers to choose between various courses of actions available to accomplish
specified objectives, by using quantitative methods to assist decision makers in designing,
analyzing and improving the operation of systems to make the better decision in different fields like
planning and agriculture this lead to better coordination, facilitates control so it improve
productivity, so the objectives of the organization are defined and analyzed an used as a basis to
compare the alternative actions

Question 2
A manager has two products A and B. To produce one unit of A, 2 units of material X
and 4 units of material Y are required. To produce one unit of B, 3 units of material X
and 2 units of material Y are required. Only 16 units of material X and 16 units of
material Y are available. Material X cost $2.50 per unit and Material Y cost $0.25 per
unit respectively. Required: Formulate *an LP Model and solve it graphically.

1. Decision variable:
X1=number of units produced from product A
X2= number of units produced from product B
2. Objective function:
Cost of X1= (2*2.50) + (4 *0.25) = 6
Cost of X2= (3*2.50) + (2 *0.25)= 8
Minimize z= 6X1+8X2
3. Non negativity constrain
X1 , X2 ≥ 0
4. Constrains:
2X1+3X2≤ 16 ( Material X) , 4X1+2X2≤ 16 (Material Y)
Question 3
An Investment Corporation has $30 million to invest. The money is to be divided
among Project A, Project B, and Project C. The rules for administration of the fund
require that at least $3 million be invested in each type of investment, at least half
the money be invested in Project A and Project B, and the amount invested in
Project B not exceed twice the amount invested in Project A. The annual yields for
the various investments are 7% for Project A, 8% for Project B, and 9% for Project C.
Formulate the LP model to maximize the corporation return?

1.Decision Variables:
X1= amount of money invested in project A
X2= amount of money invested in project B
X3= amount of money invested in project C
2.Objective function:
Maximize z= 0.07 X1 + 0.08 X2 + 0.09 X3
3. Non negativity:
X1 , X2 , X3 ≥ 0
4. Constrains:
X1 ≥ 3,000,000
X2≥3,000,000
X3≥3,000,000
X1+X2≥ 0.5 * 30,000,000
X2≤ 2X1
X1 + X2 + X3≤ 30,000,000
Question 4
A governmental organization requires different numbers of fulltime guards on
different days of the week. Each full-time guard must work five consecutive days and
then receive two days off. In the following table, the number of guards required on
each day of the week is specified.
Formulate an LP that the governmental organization can use to minimize the number
of full-time guards who are needed to satisfy these conditions.
Day # of guards Required
Saturday 16
Sunday 11
Monday 17
Tuesday 13
Wednesday 15
Thursday 19
Friday 14
Decision variable:
Xi= number of employees beginning to work on day (i)
(i)= 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 = Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
respectively
day X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 REQ
sat work work work work work 16
sun work work work work work 11
mon work work work work work 17
tues work work work work work 13
wed work work work work work 15
thur work work work work work 19
frid work work work work work 14
2. Objective function:
Minimize Z= X1+X2+X3+X4+X5+X6+X7
3.Non negativity constrain:
Xi≥0 i=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
4.Constrains:
X1+X4+X5+X6+X7≥16
X1+X2+X5+X6+X7≥11
X1+X2+X3+X6+X7≥17
X1+X2+X3+X4+X7≥13
X1+X2+X3+X4+X5≥15
X2+X3+X4+X5+X6≥19 , X3+X4+X5+X6+X7≥14
 Best
wishes
Dr. Abdulfatah Salem