Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A small factory makes bicycles and scooters. A bicycle needs hours of assembly and hour of painting. A scooter needs hour of assembly and hours of painting. Assembly is available for hours a week and painting for hours a week. The store holds at most vehicles. A contract requires at least bicycles a week. A bicycle earns dollars profit and a scooter earns dollars. Find the weekly plan with the greatest profit. State the five corners of the region and the profit at the best one.
Name the unknowns and with their units. Write the objective, such as the profit . Write one inequality for each limit, and add and . Find the corners of the feasible region, work out at each, and choose the best. Say the plan and the value in the words of the story.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The model. Maximise dollars subject to , , , and .
Step 2. The corners. On , the rule stops at , so and are corners. The line meets at , . The line meets at , . The line meets at . All five points obey every rule.
Step 3. The profit. At , . At , . At , . At , . At , .
Step 4. Say it. Make bicycles and scooters. The profit is dollars.
Check. Assembly uses hours and the store holds . Painting uses hours, which is below , so painting has spare time.
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