3. A company is involved in the production of two items (X and Y). The resources need to pr oduce X and Y are twofold, n
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company is involved in the production of two items (X and Y). The resources need to pr oduce X and Y are twofold, namely machine time for automatic processing and craftsma n time for hand finishing. The table below gives the number of minutes required for each item: 9/16/2020 6:05:33 PM Page 1 of 2 Machine time Craftsman time Item X 13 20 Y 19 29 The company has 40 hours of machine time available in the next working week but only 35 hours of craftsman time. Machine time is costed at TAS 10 per hour worked and craft sman time is costed at TAS 2 per hour worked. Both machine and craftsman idle times in cur no costs. The revenue received for each item produced (all production is sold) is TAS 20 for X and TAS 30 for Y. The company has a specific contract to produce 10 items of X per week for a particular customer. REQUIRED: A) Formulate the problem of deciding how much to produce per week as a linear progra m. B) Solve this linear program graphically.
3. A