14. A manufacturer produces nuts and bolts. It takes 1 hour of work on machine A and 3 hours on machine B to produce a package of nuts. It takes 3 hours on machine A and 1 hour on machine B to produce a package of bolts. He earns a profit of ?. 17.50 per package on nuts and ?. 7.00 per package on bolts. How many packages of each should be produced each day so as to maximize his profit, if he operates his machines for at the most 12 hours a day?

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Let the manufacturer produce x packages of nuts and y packages of bolts. Therefore,

x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0

The given information can be compiled in a table as follows.

 

Nuts

Bolts

Availability

Machine A (h)

1

3

12

Machine B (h)

3

1

12

The profit on a package of nuts is Rs 17.50 and on a package of bolts is Rs 7. Therefore, the constraints are

x + 3y  12  (2)

3x + y  12  (3

Total profit, Z=17.5x +7y

The mathematical fo

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