2. 888 Chapter 3 Problems 113 A total of 60 forklift trucks are produced and shipped per week. Each plant can produce and ship any amount up to a maxi- mum of 50 trucks per week, so there is considerable flexibility on how to divide the total production between the two plants so as to reduce shipping costs. However, each distribution center must receive exactly 20 trucks per week. Management's objective is to determine how many forklift trucks should be produced at each plant, and then what the over- all shipping pattern should be to minimize total shipping cost. Eormulate and solve a spreadsheet model for this problem. ve he Redo Problem 3.30 when any distribution center may receive any quantity between 10 and 30 forklift trucks per week in order to further reduce total shipping cost, provided only that the total shipped to all three distribution centers must still equal 60 trucks per week. Read the referenced article that fully describes the man- agement science study summarized in the application vignette presented in Section 3.6. Briefly describe how the model for the assignment problem was applied in this study. Then list the various financial and nonfinancial benefits that resulted from this study, 3.32. OC f the 3.33. Consider the assignment problem having the following on a cost table. on. Job three 0, 80, m has 1. 3. Person nits to $5 $7 omers A. $4 3. B. 9. 5.

QUESTION 3: INTERPRETING STATUTES (1,200 WORDS)(a) Section 5 of the (hypothetical) Civic Spaces Act 2009 (WA) provides, “It is an offence to deface any public space in Western Australia”. The maximum penalty is $500.In the course of his second reading speech the responsible Minister told Parliament that: “The reason why we need this legislation is because we are sick of idiots defacing our public places, especially our trains and buildings, with their foul pictures and meaningless graffiti. We want families to be able to come to the city and not be confronted by this rubbish”.The Long Title of the Act is: “An Act to Promote Clean Public Places”.On 20 July 2010, Rosie, an artist with a social conscience, draws a large picture, using chalk, on the pavement outside Parliament depicting a homeless person under a bridge. She does the same drawing, using paint, on the toilet door of a public…

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Question 18 Suppose the number of buyers in a market increases and a technological advancement occurs also. What would we expect to happen in the market? O a Equilibrium price would decrease, but the impact on equilibrium quantity would be ambiguous Ob. Equilibrium price would increase, but the impact on equilibrium quantity would be ambiguous. Oo Equilibrium quantity would decrease, but the impact on equilibrium price would be ambiguous O d. Equilibrium quantity would increase, but the impact on equilibrium price would be ambiguous