4 In a factory, two types of motor are made. Each motor of type X takes 10 man hours to make and each motor of type Y takes 12 man hours to make.
In each week there are 200 man hours available.
To satisfy customer demand, at least 5 of each type of motor must be made each week.
Once a motor has been started it must be completed; no unfinished motors may be left in the factory at the end of each week.
When completed, the motors are put into a container for shipping. The volume of the container is \(7 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 3 }\). A type X motor occupies a volume of \(0.5 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 3 }\) and a type Y motor occupies a volume of \(0.3 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 3 }\).
- Define appropriate variables and from the above information derive four inequalities which must be satisfied by those variables.
- Represent your inequalities on a graph and shade the infeasible region.
The profit on each type X is \(\pounds 100\) and on each type Y is \(\pounds 70\).
- The weekly profit is to be maximised. Write down the objective function and find the maximum profit.
- Because of absenteeism, the manager decides to organise the work in the factory on the assumption that there will be only 180 man hours available each week. Find the number of motors of each type that should now be made in order to maximise the profit.