a. Formulate the linear program that represents this problem and solve it. For the purposes of this exercise you can assume that is possible to buy fractions of a boat, no need to make the variables integer. b. What is the optimal solution (purchase plan)? How many of each container should be purchased, and what should the resultant cost be? c. Suppose that the requirement of at least 660 for seating capacity is reduced to 650. Without resolving the problem, can you determine how this would change the optimal solution? What would be the new cost?

Suppose 100,000 lamps are to be manufactured annually. It costs $1 to store a lamp for 1 year, $500 to set up the factory to produce a batch of lamps and $5 to produce each lamp. A. If all lamps are produced in one batch find the total cost? B. If all lamps are produced in two batches of equal size, find the total cost? C. If the number of units in each batch is q, then how many batches are there? D. Find the number of lamps in each batch to minmize the total cost? E. What is the minimum cost? [ i need all answer i will upvote]

33 White & Becker Tools (W&B) requires 2,000 elec- tric motors next month for its product line of weed trimmers. Each motor is composed of three com- ponents: a coil, a shaft, and housing. W&B has the capability to produce these components or purchase them from an outside vendor. The costs of produc- ing them and purchasing them are shown in the following table. COMPONENT Coil Shaft Housing DEPART- MENT PRODUCTION COST PER UNIT Fabrication 0.5 Molding 0.4 Inspection 0.2 $2.60 $1.80 $1.40 The components that are produced by W&B must pass through three departments: fabrication, molding, and inspection. The number of hours each component requires in each department and the total number of hours available next month in each department are shown in the following table: 0.2 0.7 0.3 PURCHASE COST PER UNIT COIL SHAFT HOUSING AVAILABILITY (HR.) (HR.) (HR.) (HR.) $3.12 $2.16 $1.68 0.6 0.3 0.4 3,000 3,000 1,800 In order to determine the number of components that will be produced and the number…

allons of deionized water from each wholesaler to each distribution center is shown in the following table: Question Viewer a. Which of the following statements regarding setting up the tableau for the optimal solution for this problem is true? B. The sum of supply capacities is greater than the sum of demands, so a dummy distribution center is needed. C. The sum of supply capacities is less than the sum of demands, so a dummy wholesaler is needed. b. What is the total cost of the solution? The optimal cost is $ ((Enter your response rounded to the nearest dollar.)