HW (1)

PROBLEMS
1 Farmer Jones must determine how many acres of corn and wheat to plant this year. An acre of
wheat yields 25 bushels of wheat and requires 10 hours of labor per week. An acre of corn yields
10 bushels of corn and requires 4 hours of labor per week. All wheat can be sold at $4 a bushel,
and all corn can be sold at $3 a bushel. Seven acres of land and 40 hours per week of labor are
available. Government regulations require that at least 30 bushels of corn be produced during the
current year. Let x1 = number of acres of corn planted, and x2 = number of acres of wheat
planted. Using these decision variables, formulate an LP whose solution will tell Farmer Jones
how to maximize the total revenue from wheat and corn.
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2 Answer these questions about Problem 1.
a Is (x1 = 2, x2 = 3) in the feasible region?
b Is (x1 = 4, x2 = 3) in the feasible region?
c Is (x1 = 2, x2 = -1) in the feasible region?
d Is (x1 = 3, x2 = 2) in the feasible region?
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3 Truckco manufactures two types of trucks: 1 and 2. Each truck must go through the painting
shop and assembly shop. If the painting shop were completely devoted to painting Type 1 trucks,
then 800 per day could be painted; if the painting shop were completely devoted to painting Type
2 trucks, then 700 per day could be painted. If the assembly shop were completely devoted to
assembling truck 1 engines, then 1,500 per day could be assembled; if the assembly shop were
completely devoted to assembling truck 2 engines, then 1,200 per day could be assembled. Each
Type 1 truck contributes $300 to profit; each Type 2 truck contributes $500. Formulate an LP
that will maximize Truckco’s profit.
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4 For a 24-hours cafeteria the following waitresses are required:

Each waitress works 8 consecutive hours per day. The objective is to find the smallest number
required to comply with the above requirements. Formulate the problem as a linear programming
model.
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5 A company produces two products, A and B. The sales volume for A is at least 80% of the
total sales of both A and B. However, the company cannot sell more than 110 units of A per day.
Both products use one raw material, of which the maximum daily availability is 300 lb. The
usage rates of the raw material are 2 lb per unit of A, and 4 lb per unit of B. The profit units for
A and B are $40 and $90, respectively. Determine the optimal product mix for the company.
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6 An individual wishes to invest $5000 over the next year in two types of investment: Investment
A yields 5%, and investment B yields 8%. Market research recommends an allocation of at least
25% in A and at most 50% in B. Moreover, investment in A should be at least half the
investment in B. How should the fund be allocated to the two investments?
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7 A manufacturer produces three models, I, II, and III, of a certain product using raw materials A
and B. The following table gives the data for the problem.

The labor time per unit of model I is twice that of II and three times that of III. The entire labor
force of the factory can produce the equivalent of 1500 units of model I. Market requirements
specify the ratios 3:2:5 for the production of the three respective models. Formulate the problem
as a linear program.
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8 Investor Doe has $10,000 to invest in four projects. The following table gives the cash flow for
the four investments.

The information in the table can be interpreted as follows: For project 1, $1.00 invested at the
start of year 1 will yield $.50 at the start of year 2, $.30 at the start of year 3, $1.80 at the start of
year 4, and $1.20 at the start of year 5. The remaining entries can be interpreted similarly. The
entry 0.00 indicates that no transaction is taking place. Doe has the additional option of investing
in a bank account that earns 6.5% annually. All funds accumulated at the end of 1 year can be
reinvested in the following year. Formulate the problem as a linear program to determine the
optimal allocation of funds to investment opportunities.
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9 ChemLabs uses raw materials I and II to produce two domestic cleaning solutions, A and B.
The daily availabilities of raw materials I and II are 150 and 145 units, respectively. One unit of
solution A consumes .5 unit of raw material I and .6 unit of raw material II. One unit of solution
B uses .5 unit of raw material I and .4 unit of raw material II. The profits per unit of solutions A
and B are $8 and $10, respectively. The daily demand for solution A lies between 30 and 150
units, and that for solution B between 40 and 200 units. Find the optimal production amounts of
A and B.
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10 Dorian Auto manufactures luxury cars and trucks. The company believes that its most likely
customers are high-income women and high-income men. In order to reach these groups,
Dorian Auto has embarked on an ambitious TV advertising campaign and has decided to
purchase one-minute commercial spots on three types of programs: comedy shows, football
games and reality TV shows. Seven million high-income women and two million high-income
men see each comedy commercial. Two million high-income women and twelve million high-
income men see each football commercial. Five million high-income women and five million
high-income men see each reality TV commercial. A one-minute comedy ad costs $70,000, a
one-minute football ad costs $140,000 and a one-minute Reality TV ad costs $60,000. Dorian
would like the commercials to be seen by at least 30 million high-income women (HIW) and at
least 30 million high-income men (HIM). Use linear programming to determine how Dorian can
meet its advertising requirements at minimum cost.
11 Two products, A and B, are made involving two chemical operations for each. Each unit of
product A requires 2 hours on operation 1 and 3 hours on operation 2. Each unit of product B
requires 3 hours on operation 1 and 4 hours on operation 2. Available time for operation 1 is 16
hours, and for operation 2 is 24 hours. The production of product B also results in a by-product
C at no extra cost. Though some of this by-product can be sold at a profit, the remainder has to
be destroyed. Product A sells for 4 L.D. per unit, while product B sells for 10 L.D. profit per
unit. By-product C can be sold at a unit profit of 3 L.D. per unit, but if it cannot be sold, the
destruction cost is 2 L.D. per unit. Forecasts show that up to 5 units of C can be sold. The
company gets 2 units of C for each unit of B produced. The problem is to determine the
production quantity of A and B, keeping C in mind, so as to make the largest profit.
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12 A steel manufacturer produces four sizes of I beams, small, medium, large, and extra large.
These beams can be produced on any one of the three machine types: A, B, and C. The length in
feet of the I beams that can be produced on the machines per hour are summarized below:

Assume that each machine can be used upto 50 hours per week and that the hourly operating
costs of these machines are respectively 30, 50, and 80 LD. Further suppose that 10,000, 8000,
6000 and 6000 feet of the different size I beams are required weekly.
Formulate the machine scheduling problem as a linear program.
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13 A company manufactures an assembly consisting of Frame, a Shaft and a Ball bearing. The
Company manufactures the Shafts and Frames, but purchases the Ball bearings from the utside.
Each Shaft must be processed on a Forging machine, a Lathe machine and a Grinder. These
operations required 0.5 hrs, 0.2 hrs, and 0.3 hrs per Shaft respectively. Each Frame requires 0.8
hrs on a Forging machine, 0.1 hrs on a Drilling machine, 0.3 hrs on a Milling machine and 0.5
hrs on a Grinder machine. The company has 5 Lathes, 10 Grinders, 20 Forgings, 3 Drillers and 6
Millers. Assume that each machine operates a maximum of 8 hrs per day. Formulate the problem
of finding the maximum number of assembled components that can be produced as a Linear
Programming Problem.