Assignment 12 1 (PQT)
Assignment 12 1 (PQT)
1. Smith’s, a clothing manufacturer in Niagara, New York that produces men’s shirts and pajamas, has
two (2) primary resources available: sewing-machine time (in the sewing department) and cutting- machine time
(in the cutting department). Over the next month, owner Barbara Smith can schedule up to 280 hours of work
on sewing machines and up to 450 hours of work on cutting machines. Each shirt produced requires 1.00 hour
of sewing time and 1.50 hours of cutting time. Producing each pair of pajamas requires 0.75 hours of sewing
time and 2 hours of cutting time. Smith’s accounting department analyzes cost and sales figures and states that
each shirt produced will yield a $4 contribution to profit and that each pair of pajamas will yield a $3 contribution
to profit.
Create a linear programming model for the Smith’s.
PRODUCTS
RESOURCE SHIRT PAJAMAS RESOURCE
(TYPE 1) (TYPE 2) AVAILABILITY
Sewing Machine 1 hr. 0.75 hrs. 280 hrs.
Cutting Machine 1.50 hrs. 2 hrs. 450 hrs.
Profit 4.00 3 hrs.
DECISION VARIABLES:
CONSTRAINTS:
Second Constraint:
Objective function:
The objective is to maximize the total profit. Hence,
Subject to,
1 X 1 +0 .75 X 2 ≤=280
1 .5 X 1+2 X 2 ≤=450
X 1 ≥ 0∧ X 2 ≥ 0
The value of the objective function at each of these extreme points is as follows:
The maximum value of the objective function Z = 1120 happens at two extreme points, but the number of shirts
and pajamas to be made and sold are integers. So, the best solution is the following:
= 280 shirts
= 0 Pajamas and,
2. Solve the linear programming problem for Kevin Caskey Wholesale Inc. using the corner-point method.
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎i𝑛𝑡𝑠: 2𝑥1 + 𝑥2 ≤ 40
𝑥1 + 3𝑥2 ≤ 30
𝑥1, 𝑥2 ≥ 0
SOLUTION:
Corner point c : ¿
−2 x1 −6 x2 =−60 2 x1 + x 2=40
−5 x 2=−20 2 x1 + 4=40
x 2=4 2 x1 =36
x 1=18
To sum it all up, the best solution is: (X=18, X=4). Profit will be $190