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 truck, 800 per day could be painted, whereas if the painting shop were completely devoted to painting type 2 trucks, 700 per day could be painted. if the assembly shop were completely devoted to assembling truck 1 engines, 1500 per day could be assembled, and if the assembly shop were completely devoted to assembling truck 2 engines, 1200 per day could be assembled. Each type 1 truck contributes 4300 TO PROFIT; EACH TYPE 2 TRUCK CONTRIBUTES $500. fORMULATE AN lp THAT WILL MAXIMIZE TRUCKCO'S PROFIT AND SOLVE IT.
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To formulate a linear programming (LP) model that maximizes TruckCo's profit, we need to define the decision variables, objective function, and the constraints.
Decision Variables:
Let:
x1 = number of type 1 trucks painted per day
x2 = number of type 2 trucks painted per day
Objective Function:
We want to maximize the profit, which is given by:
Profit = 4300*x1 + 500*x2
Constraints:
1. Painting Shop Constraint:
The painting shop has a limit on the number of trucks that can be painted per day. It takes 800 trucks per day to paint type 1 trucks and 700 trucks per day to paint type 2 trucks. Thus, the constraint for the painting shop is:
x1 ≤ 800 (Maximum number of type 1 trucks)
x2 ≤ 700 (Maximum number of type 2 trucks)
2. Assembly Shop Constraint:
The assembly shop has a limit on the number of engines that can be assembled per day. It takes 1500 engines per day to assemble type 1 trucks and 1200 engines per day to assemble type 2 trucks. Thus, the constraint for the assembly shop is:
x1 ≤ 1500 (Maximum number of type 1 truck engines)
x2 ≤ 1200 (Maximum number of type 2 truck engines)
3. Non-Negativity Constraint:
The number of trucks painted and engines assembled cannot be negative. Thus, the non-negativity constraint is:
x1 ≥ 0
x2 ≥ 0
Now, we can write the LP model:
Maximize: Profit = 4300*x1 + 500*x2
Subject to:
x1 ≤ 800 (Painting shop constraint - type 1)
x2 ≤ 700 (Painting shop constraint - type 2)
x1 ≤ 1500 (Assembly shop constraint - type 1)
x2 ≤ 1200 (Assembly shop constraint - type 2)
x1 ≥ 0 (Non-negativity constraint)
x2 ≥ 0 (Non-negativity constraint)
To solve this LP model, you can use a solver or linear programming software, such as Excel Solver, MATLAB, or Python libraries like PuLP or scipy.optimize.linprog. Simply input the objective function, constraints, and the variable bounds to find the optimal solution that maximizes the profit for TruckCo.
To formulate the linear program that will maximize TruckCo's profit, we need to determine the decision variables, objective function, and constraints.
Decision Variables:
Let x1 be the number of type 1 trucks to be produced.
Let x2 be the number of type 2 trucks to be produced.
Objective Function:
The objective is to maximize the profit. The profit made from type 1 trucks is $4300 per truck, and the profit made from type 2 trucks is $500 per truck. Thus, the objective function is:
Maximize: 4300x1 + 500x2
Constraints:
1) Painting Shop Constraint: The painting shop can paint a maximum of 800 type 1 trucks per day and 700 type 2 trucks per day. Thus, we have:
x1 ≤ 800 (Painting shop constraint for type 1 truck)
x2 ≤ 700 (Painting shop constraint for type 2 truck)
2) Assembly Shop Constraint: The assembly shop can assemble a maximum of 1500 type 1 truck engines per day and 1200 type 2 truck engines per day. Thus, we have:
x1 ≤ 1500 (Assembly shop constraint for type 1 truck)
x2 ≤ 1200 (Assembly shop constraint for type 2 truck)
3) Non-negativity Constraint: The number of trucks produced cannot be negative. Thus, we have:
x1 ≥ 0
x2 ≥ 0
Now, we can solve this linear program using any optimization solver or software. The solution will provide the optimal values for x1 and x2 that maximize the profit.