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The document presents two linear programming (LP) problems for Farmer Jones and Truckco. Farmer Jones needs to determine the optimal acres of corn and wheat to plant to maximize revenue while adhering to land, labor, and production constraints. Truckco aims to maximize profit from manufacturing two types of trucks, considering production capacities in painting and assembly shops.

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The document presents two linear programming (LP) problems for Farmer Jones and Truckco. Farmer Jones needs to determine the optimal acres of corn and wheat to plant to maximize revenue while adhering to land, labor, and production constraints. Truckco aims to maximize profit from manufacturing two types of trucks, considering production capacities in painting and assembly shops.

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Homework based on Wayne Winston’s book Chapter 3.

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!

2. Using the variables x1 = number of bushels of corn produced and x2 = number of


bushels of wheat produced, reformulate an LP whose solution will tell Farmer Jones
how to maximize the total revenue from wheat and corn!

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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