Answer to Question #226369 in Operations Research for mafi

Question

A company produces two types of products say type A and type B. Product A is of superior quality and product B is of a lower quality. Respective profits for the two types of products are BIRR 40 and BIRR 30.

The data on the resource required, availability of resources are given below

Requirement

Capacity available per month

Product A

Raw materials 120 kg

Machining time5 hrs/piece

Assembly 4 man-hour

Product B

Raw materials 60 kg

Machining time 8 hrs/piece

Assembly 3 man-hour

-Raw materials (kg) Product A and Product B Capacity available per month is 12000

-Machining time hrs/piece Product A and Product B Capacity available per month is 600

-Assembly man-hour Product A and Product B Capacity available per month is 500

Required:

  i. Formulate the problem as LPP?

ii. Solve using Simplex method