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  1. Quality Air Conditioning manufactures three home airconditioners: an economy model, a standard model, and a deluxemodel. The profits per unit are $67, $95, and $133, respectively.The production requirements per unit are as follows:

    Number of
    Fans
    Number of
    Cooling Coils
    Manufacturing
    Time (hours)
    Economy118
    Standard1212
    Deluxe1414

    For the coming production period, the company has 300 fanmotors, 340 cooling coils, and 2000 hours of manufacturing timeavailable. How many economy models (E), standard models (S), anddeluxe models (D) should the company produce in order to maximizeprofit? The linear programming model for the problem is asfollows:

    Max67E+95S+133D
    s.t.
    1E+1S+1D?300  Fan motors
    1E+2S+4D?340  Cooling coils
    8E+12S+14D?2000  Manufacturing time
    E, S, D ? 0

    The sensitivity report is shown in the figure below.

    Optimal Objective Value=      17380.00000
    VariableValueReduced Cost
    E180.000000.00000
    S0.000009.00000
    D40.000000.00000
    ConstraintSlack/SurplusDual Value
    Fan motors80.000000.00000
    Cooling coils0.000007.00000
    Manufacturing time0.000007.50000
    VariableObjective
    Coefficient
    Allowable
    Increase
    Allowable
    Decrease
    E67.000009.000008.10000
    S95.000009.00000Infinite
    D133.00000135.0000015.75000
    ConstraintRHS
    Value
    Allowable
    Increase
    Allowable
    Decrease
    Fan motors300.00000Infinite80.00000
    Cooling coils340.00000231.4286090.00000
    Manufacturing time2000.00000480.00000810.00000
    1. Identify the range of optimality for each objective functioncoefficient. If there is no limit, then enter the text "NA" as youranswer. If required, round your answers to one decimal place.
      Objective Coefficient Range
      Variablelower limitupper limit
      E
      S
      D
    2. Suppose the profit for the economy model (E) isincreased by $6 per unit, the profit for the standard model(S) is decreased by $2 per unit, and the profit for thedeluxe model (D) is increased by $4 per unit. What willthe new optimal solution be? If required, round your answers tothree decimal places. If your answer is zero, enter "0".
      Optimal Solution
      E
      S
      D

      If required, round your answer for Total Profit to two decimalplaces.

      Total Profit: $  
    3. Identify the range of feasibility for the right-hand-sidevalues. If there is no limit, then enter the text "NA" as youranswer. If required, round your answers to one decimal place.
      Right-Hand-Side-Range
      Constraintslower limitupper limit
      Fan motors
      Cooling coils
      Manufacturing time
    4. If the number of manufacturing time available for production isincreased by 500, will the dual value for that constraintchange?

      • Yes
      • No
      because the allowable increase for manufacturing time is withoutchanging the optimal solution.

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