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  • A company makes 3 model of calculators: A, B and C at factory I and factory II. The company has orders for at least 6400 calculators of model A, 4000 calculator of model B and 4800 calculator of model C. At factory I, 50 calculators of model A, 50 of mode

Q: A company makes 3 model of calculators: A, B and C at factory I and factory II. The company has orders for at least 6400 calculators of model A, 4000 calculator of model B and 4800 calculator of model C. At factory I, 50 calculators of model A, 50 of model B and 30 of model C are made every day; at factory II, 40 calculators of model A, 20 of model B and 40 of model C are made every day. It costs Rs 12000 and Rs 15000 each day to operate factory I and II, respectively. Find the number of days each factory should operate to minimise the operating costs and still meet the demand.

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Taking into consideration that Let number of days for which factory I operate be x and number of days for which factory II operates be y.

Number of calculators made by factory I and II of model A are 50 and 40 respectively.

Minimum number of calculators of model A required = 6400

So, 50x + 40y ≥ 6400

⇒ 5x + 4y ≥ 640

Number of calculators made by factory I and II of model B are 50 and 20 respectively.

Minimum number of calculators of model B required = 4000

So, 50x + 20y ≥ 4000

⇒ 5x + 2y ≥ 400

Number of calculators made by factory I and II of model C are 30 and 40 respectively.

Minimum number of calculators of model C requires = 4800

So, 30x + 40y \geq 4800

\Rightarrow 3x + 4y \geq 480

Operating costs is Rs 12000 and Rs 15000 each day to operate factory I and II respectively.

Let Z be total operating cost so we have Z = 12000x + 15000y

Also, number of days are non-negative so, x, y ≥ 0

So, we have,

Constraints,

\\ 5x + 4y \geq $ 640\\ \\ 5x + 2y $ \geq $ 400\\ \\ 3x + 4y $ \geq $ 480\\ \\ x, y $ \geq 0\\ \\ Z = 12000x + 15000y\\

We need to minimize Z, subject to the given constraints.

Now let us convert the given inequalities into equation.

We obtain the following equation

\\ 5x + 4y \geq $ 640\\ \\ $ \Rightarrow $ 5x + 4y = 640\\ \\ 5x + 2y $ \geq $ 400\\ \\ $ \Rightarrow $ 5x + 2y = 400\\ \\ 3x + 4y $ \geq $ 480\\ \\ $ \Rightarrow $ 3x + 4y = 480\\ \\ x $ \geq $ 0\\ \\ $ \Rightarrow $ x=0\\ \\ y $ \geq $ 0\\ \\ $ \Rightarrow y=0\\

The region that represents the 5x + 4y ≥ 640.

The line 5x + 4y = 640 meets the coordinate axes (128,0) and (0,160) respectively to get the final outcome. When we join these points to obtain the line 5x + 4y = 640. It is then clear that (0,0) does not satisfy the inequation 5x + 4y ≥ 640. So, the region not containing the origin represents the solution set of the inequation 5x + 4y ≥ 640.

The region that represents the 5x + 2y ≥ 400:

The line 5x + 2y = 400 meets the coordinate axes (80,0) and (0,200) respectively. We will join these points to obtain the line 5x + 2y = 400. It is justified that (0,0) does not satisfy the inequation 5x + 2y ≥ 400. So, the region not containing the origin represents the solution set of the inequation 5x + 2y ≥ 400.

The region represented by 3x + 4y ≥ 480:

The line that 3x + 4y = 480 when meets the coordinate axes (160,0) and (0,120) respectively. We will then try and join these points to obtain the line 3x + 4y = 480. It is clear that (0,0) does not justify the inequation 3x + 4y ≥ 480. So, the region not containing the origin represents the solution set of the inequation 3x + 4y ≥ 480.

The graph is:

The region towards the right of ABCD is the feasible region. It is unbounded in this case.

The value of Z at the corner points, is

\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \text { Corner Point } & \text { Value of } Z=12000 \times+15000 y \\ \hline A(0,200) & Z=3000000 \\ \hline B(32,120) & Z=218400 \\ \hline C(80,60) & Z=1860000 \rightarrow \text { min } \\ \hline D(160,0) & Z=1920000 \\ \hline \end{array}

Now, we plot 12000 x+15000 y<1860000 to check if resulting open half has any point common with feasible region.
The region represented by 12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}<1860000
The line 12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}=1860000 meets the coordinate axes (155,0) and (0,124) respectively. We will join these points to obtain the line $12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}=1860000. It is clear that (0,0) satisfies the inequation 12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}<1860000. So, the region containing the origin represents the solution set of the inequation 12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}<1860000.

Clearly, 12000 \mathrm{x}+15000 \mathrm{y}<1860000 intersects feasible region only at C
So, value of Z is minimum at  C(80,60), the minimum value is 1860000 .
So, number of days factory 1 is required to operate is 80 and number of days factory 2 should operate is 60 to minimize the cost.

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