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BestWest Airlines seeks to please its customers by providing peanuts, cashews, juice, and milk on flights. They need to decide how many cartons of each to carry on their next flight to maximize the enjoyment of their passengers. The following table shows some information about the different products (all figures are per carton):
Peanuts Cashews Juice Milk
Weight (ounces) 30 40 60 50
Volume (cubic inches) 12 10 14 15
Enjoyment Value 299 399 379 359
(a) Define decision variables that can be used in a linear optimization formulation of BestWest Airlines' problem.
(b) Write an objective function for BestWest Airlines. Write constraints that reflect the following:
(c) There is a limit of 650 ounces of food and drinks that the plane can carry.
(d) The combined number of cartons of juice and milk must be no more than the combined number of cartons of peanuts and cashews.
(e) Peanuts should account for no more than 20% of the total volume of food and drinks. (You do not need to find the optimal solution to the model you formulate.)