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7.    A company manufactures two types of novelty souvenirs made of plywood. Souvenirs of type A require 5 minutes each for cutting and 10 minutes each for assembling. Souvenirs of type B require 8 minutes each for cutting and 8 minutes each for assembling. There are 3 hours 20 minutes available for cutting and 4 hours for assembling. The profit is Rs 5 each for type A and Rs 6 each for type B souvenirs. How many souvenirs of each type should the company manufacture in order to maximise the profit?

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Let  x be Souvenirs of type A and  y be Souvenirs of type B  .Thus, x\geq 0,y\geq 0.

The given information can be represented in table as :

  Type A  Type B   availability
cutting    5     8     (3\times 60)+20=200
asembling    10      8      4\times 60=240
       

 Profit on type A Souvenirs is Rs. 5  and on type B Souvenirs  is 6.

Therefore, constraint  are  

                5x+8y\leq 200

               10x+8y\leq 240

                x\geq 0,y\geq 0

                 Z=5x+6y

The feasible  region determined by constraints is as follows:

    

The corner points of feasible region are  A(24,0),B(8,20),C(0,25),D(0,0)

The value of Z at corner points is as shown :

Corner points

Z=5x+6y

 
A(24,0)             120  
B(8,20)              160 maximum
C(0,25)               150  
D(0,0)               0  

 The maximum value of z is 160 at B(8,20) .

Thus,8 Souvenirs of type A and 20 Souvenirs of type B should be manufactured everyday to get maximum profit.

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