You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic...

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You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. Your answer will be the testing hours needed to execute a production plan that minimizes costs - rounded to the nearest whole hour. (The number of nailers must be a whole number.)
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\table[[,Scenario 1,Scenario 2,Scenario 3],[Pneum. Cost,69.14,55.50,38.50],[Pneum. Prod Hrs,0.75,0.6,0.35],[Pneum. Test Hrs,0.4,0.35,0.4],[Pneum. Pkg Hrs,0.1,0.2,0.1],[Pneum. Sales,7,800,24,500,18,000],[Cordless Cost,74.45,69.75,44],[Cordless Prod Hrs,0.8,0.7,0.4],[Cordless Test Hrs,0.4,0.4,0.4],[Cordless Pkg Hrs,0.15,0.25,0.2],[Cordless Sales,10,500,15,500,14,000],[Prod Hrs max,20,000,30,000,20,000],[Testing Hrs max,9,000,15,000,18,000],[Pkg Hrs max,5,000,15,000,5,000]]
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