A computer aided drafting (CAD) instructor at a community college wants to use his rapid prototype...

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A computer aided drafting (CAD) instructor at a communitycollege wants to use his rapid prototype machine to produce demoitems for a seminar on engineering technology. He plans to bringtwo different types, a Golden Ruler and a Fibonacci Gauge. He willbring at least 20 of each. he has 45 cubic inches of filler and 95cubic inches of material available to make the demos, but only has86 hours of free time to run the machine. he is able to save timeby running the demos in batches. Use the information in the tableto determine how many of each demo item he needs to bring whileminimizing the total cost. Set up but do not solve.

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Material (in3/batch)Filler (in3/batch)Batch Time (hrs)Batch sizeBatch cost ($)
Golden Ruler1037822
Fibonacci Gauge7.558.51020

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Answer det a number of Golden Ruler batches Y number offibonacci hauges our job is to minimize total cost 2 22x2yUnder    See Answer
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