Is clarksville ranch house restaurant relatively inefficient

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The Ranch House, Inc., operates five fast-food restaurants. Input measures for the restau- rants include weekly hours of operation, full-time equivalent staff, and weekly supply expenses. Output measures of performance include average weekly contribution to profit, market share, and annual growth rate. Data for the input and output measures are shown in the following tables:

Restaurant Bardstown	Hours of Operation 96	FTE Staff 16	Supplies ($) 850
Clarksville	110	22	1400
Jeffersonville	100	18	1200
New Albany	125	25	1500
St. Matthews	120	24	1600

Restaurant Bardstown	Weekly Profit $3800	Market Share (%) 25	Growth Rate (%) 8.0
Clarksville	$4600	32	8.5
Jeffersonville	$4400	35	8.0
New Albany	$6500	30	10.0
St. Matthews	$6000	28	9.0

a. Develop a linear programming model that can be used to evaluate the performance of the Clarksville Ranch House restaurant.

b. Solve the model.

c. Is the Clarksville Ranch House restaurant relatively inefficient? Discuss.

d. Where does the composite restaurant have more output than the Clarksville restau- rant? How much less of each input resource does the composite restaurant require when compared to the Clarksville restaurant?

e. What other restaurants should be studied to find suggested ways for the Clarksville restaurant to improve its efficiency?

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