The owner of a donut shop wishes to determine the best mix for her three products: zingers, crullers, and éclairs. Her shop is limited to working 12days/month on dough making and 30 days/month on baking for these products. The following tableindicates production data for the doughnuts.
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Usage per unit of doughnut
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Resources
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zingers
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crullers
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éclairs
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availabilities
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Dough making days
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0.25
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1
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0.5
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12
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Baking days
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0.5
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1
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2
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30
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Contribution to profit ($ per 100 doughnuts)
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3
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7
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6.5
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Let the decision variables of the problem be:
x1 = Number of zingers produced per month,
x2 = Number of crullers produced per month,
x3 = Number of éclairs produced per month.
Solve problem 1 numerically using any methodology. The optimal feasible solution is: (place checkmark next to best solution)
Select the most appropriate answer from the choices below.
A. x1 =0, x2 =0, x3 = 0, and profit = 0 (do nothing)
B. x1 =?, x2 =?, x3 = ?, and profit = ? (there is no solution)
C. x1 =36, x2 =0, x3 = 6, and profit = $147 (the proposed solution from problem #1)
D. None of the above