Q2: A/ The Middle East Company manufactures two types of packing tins- red & black. Major production facilities involved are cutting and joining. The cutting department can process 200 red tins or 400 black tins per hour. The joining department can process 400 red tins or 200 black tins per hour. If the contribution towards profit for a red tin is the same as that of a black tin, what is the optimal production level? Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.

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Q2: A/ The Middle East Company manufactures two types of packing tins- red & black. Major production facilities involved are cutting and joining. The cutting department can process 200 red tins or 400 black tins per hour. The joining department can process 400 red tins or 200 black tins per hour. If the contribution towards profit for a red tin is the same as that of a black tin, what is the optimal production level? Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.
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