Use Solver to maximize the company’s profit.
A company manufactures two types of trucks. Each
truck must go through the painting shop and the
assembly shop. If the painting shop were com-
pletely devoted to painting type 1 trucks, 650 per
day could be painted, whereas if the painting shop
were completely devoted to painting type 2 trucks,
550 per day could be painted. If the assembly shop
were completely devoted to assembling truck 1
engines, 1400 per day could be assembled, whereas
if the assembly shop were completely devoted to
assembling truck 2 engines, 1000 per day could be
assembled. It is possible, however, to paint both
types of trucks in the painting shop. Similarly, it is
possible to assemble both types in the assembly
shop. Each type 1 truck contributes $2500 to profit;
each type 2 truck contributes $3000. Use Solver
to maximize the company’s profit. (Hint: One ap-
proach, but not the only approach, is to try a graphi-
cal procedure first and then deduce the constraints
from the graph.)
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