Boise Lumber has decided to enter the lucrative prefabricated housing business. Initially, it plans to offer...

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Boise Lumber has decided to enter the lucrative prefabricatedhousing business. Initially, it plans to offer three models:standard, deluxe, and luxury. Each house is prefabricated andpartially assembled in the factory, and the final assembly iscompleted on site. The dollar amount of building material required,the amount of labor required in the factory for prefabrication andpartial assembly, the amount of on-site labor required, and theprofit per unit are as follows.

StandardModelDeluxeModelLuxuryModel
Material$6,000$8,000$10,000
Factory Labor(hr)240220200
On-Site Labor(hr)180210300
Profit$3,400$4,000$5,000

For the first year's production, a sum of $8,200,000 is budgetedfor the building material; the number of labor-hours available forwork in the factory is not to exceed 212,000 hr; and the amount oflabor for on-site work is to be less than or equal to 237,000labor-hours. Determine how many houses of each type Boise shouldproduce to maximize its profit from this new venture.

standardmodel    houses
deluxemodel    houses
luxurymodel    houses

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