cabins and 160 standard cabins, whereas a type B vessel, y, has 80 deluxe cabins and 120 standard cabins. Under a charter agreement with the Odyssey Travel Agency, Deluxe River Cruises is to provide Odyssey with a minimum of 360 deluxe and 680 standard cabins for their 15-day cruise in May. It costs $42,000 to operate a type A vessel and $54,000 to operate a type B vessel for that period. (a) How many of each type of vessel should be used to keep the operating costs C to a minimum? The minimum is C =  at  (x, y) =

Agan Interior Design provides home and office decorating assistance to its customers. In normal operation, an average of 2.5 customers arrive each hour. One design consultant is available to answer customer questions and make product recommendations. Agan's management would like to evaluate two alternatives: Use one consultant with an average service time of 8 minutes per customer. Expand to two consultants, each of whom has an average service time of 10 minutes per customer. If the consultants are paid $16 per hour and the customer waiting time is valued at $24 per hour for waiting time prior to service, should Agan expand to the two-consultant system? No  What is the total cost for each scenario? Round your answers to the nearest cent. The total cost for the first scenario where there is one consultant with an average service time of 8 minutes per customer is $  fill in the blank 2. The total cost for the second scenario where there are two consultants with an average service time…

Agan Interior Design provides home and office decorating assistance to its customers. In normal operation, an average of 2.4 customers arrive each hour. One design consultant is available to answer customer questions and make product recommendations. The consultant averages 10 minutes with each customer. Agan's management would like to evaluate two alternatives: 1. Use one consultant with an average service time of 7 minutes per customer. 2. Expand to two consultants, each of whom has an average service time of 10 minutes per customer. If the consultants are paid $17 per hour and the customer waiting time is valued at $28 per hour, should Agan expand to the two-consultant system? Explain. (Express the total cost per hour in dollars. Round your answers to the nearest cent.) The total service cost per hour, i.e. the time value of consultant and customer together, is $[ x for scenario 1, and $ for scenario 2. The business should implement the lower total cost scenario, which is scenario…

Hello Dolly, Inc. crafts three styles of dolls: Lexi, Maysy, and Dizzy. Each doll requires sewing time, painting time, and supplies. Sewing machines are available for only 118 hours, only 2805 hours are available for painting, and 390.5 lbs. of supplies are available. Each Lexi doll requires 0.2 hours of sewing, 9 hours of painting, and 0.7 lbs. of supplies. Each Maysy doll requires 0.4 hours of sewing, 10 hours of painting, and uses 0.9 pounds of supplies. Each Dizzy doll requires 0.5 hours of sewing, 7 hours of painting, and 2 pounds of supplies. If the company earns a profit of $145 per Lexi doll, $155 per Maysy doll, and $150 per Dizzy doll, how many of each doll should the company produce to maximize profit? How much profit will result? (Use for the number of Lexi dolls, y for the number of Maysy dolls, and z for the number of Dizzy dolls.) Maximize P = subject to ≤118 ≤2805 <390.5 Enter the solution to the simplex matrix below. If there is no solution enter 'DNE' in the boxes…