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Required: Determine The Number of Product A and Product B That The Company Should Manufacture To

Karina Company produces products A and B. Product A contributes P20 profit per unit and requires 4 hours in Machine X and 3 hours in Machine Y. Product B contributes P15 profit per unit and requires 4 hours in Machine Y. The machines have limited hours. The problem is to determine the number of each product to produce to maximize profit, using a graphical method. The constraints are graphed and the point of intersection that maximizes profit is found to be 1,100 units of Product A and 1,150 units of Product B, yielding maximum profit of P39,250.

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Required: Determine The Number of Product A and Product B That The Company Should Manufacture To

Karina Company produces products A and B. Product A contributes P20 profit per unit and requires 4 hours in Machine X and 3 hours in Machine Y. Product B contributes P15 profit per unit and requires 4 hours in Machine Y. The machines have limited hours. The problem is to determine the number of each product to produce to maximize profit, using a graphical method. The constraints are graphed and the point of intersection that maximizes profit is found to be 1,100 units of Product A and 1,150 units of Product B, yielding maximum profit of P39,250.

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Linear Programming

Karina Company produces products A and B which contribute to profit per unit at P20 and P 15,
respectively. Product A is processed in machine X requiring 4 hours per unit and in machine Y requiring 3
hours per unit. Product B is processed only in machine Y using 4 hours per unit. Machine X and Y could
provide 4,000 hours and 4,800 hours respectively each year.

Product A and B passes the Polishing Department requiring 2 hours per unit each product before it is
considered a finished product. The polishing department has 2,600 hours available each year.

Required: Determine the number of product A and product B that the company should manufacture to
obtain the maximum profit using graphical method.

Machine/Process Hours per unit Sign Hours per


Product A (x) Product B (y) year
Machine X 4 0 < 4,000
Machine Y 3 4 < 4,800
Polishing 2 2 < 2,600
Profit per unit P20 P15 = Maximum

Constraint A
Inequality of Machine X: 4x+0y < 4,000
Convert to equality: 4x+0y = 4,000
Let y= 0
4x + 0(0) = 4,000
X = 1,000
The x intercept is therefore point (1,000,0)
Let x=0
4(0) + 0y = 4,000
Y=0
The y intercept is therefore point (0 , undefined)

Constraint B
Inequality of Machine Y: 3x+4y < 4,800
Convert to equality: 3x + 4y = 4,800
Let y= 0
3x + 4(0) = 4,800
X = 1,600
The x intercept is therefore point (1,600,0)
Let x=0
3(0) + 4y = 4,800
Y = 1,200
The y intercept is therefore point (0 , 1,200)
Constraint C
Inequality of Polishing: 2x+2y < 2,600
Convert to equality: 2x + 2y = 2,600
Let y= 0
2x + 2(0) = 2,600
X = 1,300
The x intercept is therefore point (1,300,0)

Let x=0
2(0) + 2y = 2,600
Y = 1,300
The y intercept is therefore point (0 , 1,300)

Intersection of the x- and y-axes → Point ( 0,0 )


Intersection of the Machine X and the y-axis → There’s no intersection b/w Machine X and the y-axis
Intersection of the Machine X and Machine Y → Point ( 0, 1,200 )
Intersection of the Processing and Machine Y → Point ( 1,100, 1,150 )
Intersection of the Processing and y-axis → Point ( 1,300, 0 )

Let P= Profit
X = units of Product A
Y= units of Product B

Profit at point ( 0,0 )


P = 20x + 15y
= 20(0) + 15(0)
=0
Profit at point ( 0, 1,200 )
P = 20x + 15y
= 20(0) + 15(1,200)
= P18,000

Profit at point ( 1,100, 1,150 )


P = 20x + 15y
= 20(1,100) + 15(1,150)
= P39,250 → Highest profit

Profit at point ( 1,300, 0 )


P = 20x + 15y
= 20(1,300) + 15(0)
= P26,000

By comparing the profits computed above, it is point ( 1,100, 1,150 ) that yield the highest (maximum)
profit.

Answer: Karina Company should produce 1,100 units of Product A and 1,150 units of product B
to obtain the maximum profit of P39,250.

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