29.

 Clever Sporting Equipment, Inc. makes two types of balls: Soccer balls and Cork balls. The
making of each soccer ball and cork ball requires 3 hours and 4 hours of production time,
respectively. A total of 500 production hours are available during the next month. At least 150
balls, combined, must be produced. The production cost for each Soccer ball is $9 and each
Cork ball is $7. Develop a linear programming model to minimize production costs and
determine how many of each type of ball should be produced to meet the required demand.

 
c . Soccer ball=100; corkball=50; cost=1250
Explanation:
Step-by-step explanation:
 
The company makes two types of balls, the balls and their costs are written below:
Soccer ball, S = $7
Cork ball, C = $9
Production time of each ball:
Soccer ball = 3 hours
Cork balls = 4 hours
 
To find the objective function:
Since the cost of each soccer ball is $7 and S balls are produced, the total cost of soccer
balls is 7S.
Similarly, the cost of each cork ball is $9 and C balls are produced, total cost is 9C.
The objective function maximize profits and minimizes losses. Here, the objective for this
linear programming model is to fulfil the given production requirements at a minimum cost.
Therefore the objective function here is: Minimize 7S+9C
 
The constraint equation for the production hours.
To produce one soccer ball, 3 hours are needed (3S), to produce one Cork ball 4 hours are
needed, (4C).
Since we are given a maximum production time of 500 hours, the constraint equation for the
production hours would be:
3S + 4C ≤ 500
 
Since we are told the combined production quantity for these two balls must be at least 150
units, the constraint equation for the combined production quantity is:
S + C ≥ 150
Since each soccer ball costs $7, 100 soccer balls would cost:
7*100 = $700
Similarly, since each Cork ball costs $9, 50 cork balls would cost:
9*50 = $450
Therefore the total cost of production would be:
$700 + $450 = $1,150