The Carson Company makes two products, X and Y. Their contribution margins are $50 and $90, respectively. Each product goes through three processes: cutting, finishing, and painting.
The number of hours required by each process for each product and capacities available are given below:
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Hours Rewired in Each Process
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Product
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Cutting
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Finishing
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Painting
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X
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2
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4
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3
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Y
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1
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6
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2
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Capacities in hours
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300
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500
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250
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Formulate the objective function and constraints to determine the optimal product mix.