7. A tailor makes two types of garment, \(A\) and \(B\). He has available \(70 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 }\) of cotton fabric and \(90 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 }\) of woollen fabric. Garment \(A\) requires \(1 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 }\) of cotton fabric and \(3 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 }\) of woollen fabric. Garment \(B\) requires \(2 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 }\) of each fabric.
The tailor makes \(x\) garments of type \(A\) and \(y\) garments of type \(B\).
- Explain why this can be modelled by the inequalities
$$\begin{aligned}
& x + 2 y \leq 70
& 3 x + 2 y \leq 90
& x \geq 0 , y \geq 0
\end{aligned}$$
The tailor sells type \(A\) for \(\pounds 30\) and type \(B\) for \(\pounds 40\). All garments made are sold. The tailor wishes to maximise his total income. - Set up an initial Simplex tableau for this problem.
- Solve the problem using the Simplex algorithm.
Figure 4 shows a graphical representation of the feasible region for this problem.
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\caption{Fig. 4}
\end{figure} - Obtain the coordinates of the points A, \(C\) and \(D\).
- Relate each stage of the Simplex algorithm to the corresponding point in Fig. 4.