lick here for the Excel Data File The owners of the firm, Dave Peterson and Ron Johnson, have raised $20 million of investment capital for these projects. Dave and Ron now want to select the combination of projects that will maximize their total estimated long-run profit (net present value) without investing more than $20 million. Formulate and solve this model on a spreadsheet. Determine the combination of each project that Dave and Ron should undertake to maximize profit. Note: Leave no cells blank. Enter "0" wherever required. Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Undertake? (enter 1 if 'yes' or 0 if 'no' Determine the total profit.

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A real-estate development firm, Peterson and Johnson, is considering five possible development projects. Using units of millions of dollars, the following table shows the estimated long-run profit (net present value) that each project would generate, as well as the amount of investment required to undertake the project.

  Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5
Estimated profit ($million) 1 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.4

 

  Capital Required for Project ($million) Capital Available ($million)
Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5
Capital 6 12 10 4 8 20

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The owners of the firm, Dave Peterson and Ron Johnson, have raised $20 million of investment capital for these projects. Dave and Ron now want to select the combination of projects that will maximize their total estimated long-run profit (net present value) without investing more than $20 million.

Formulate and solve this model on a spreadsheet.

  1. Determine the combination of each project that Dave and Ron should undertake to maximize profit.

    Note: Leave no cells blank. Enter "0" wherever required.

      Project 1  Project 2  Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 
    Undertake? (enter 1 if 'yes' or 0 if 'no'          
     

     

  2. Determine the total profit.

    Note: Round your answer to 1 decimal place.

    Total profit: 

Estimated Profit
($million)
Capital
Project 1
1
6
Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5
1.8
1.6
0.8
1.4
Capital Required for Project ($million)
12
10
4
8
Capital
Available
($million)
20
Transcribed Image Text:Estimated Profit ($million) Capital Project 1 1 6 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.4 Capital Required for Project ($million) 12 10 4 8 Capital Available ($million) 20
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