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A new energy business is considering selling and installing three types of alternative energy systems for residential homes in addition to its conventional system (conv). The first is a thermal solar (solar1) hot water system that provides both hot water and heat to the home. The second is a solar system (solar2) that provides electricity to the home. The third is a geothermal (geo) heating and cooling system. The business has 10 installers and faces the following parameters for the year:

 

conv

solar1

solar2

geo

Endowment

Profit/unit

$2,000

$1,500

$2,500

$1,000

 

Labor (weeks)

0.5

1.0

1.5

0.75

520

The firm has four goals:

Goal 1: Make at least $1,500,000 per year from the sale of these four systems Goal 2: Sell at least 160solar1 systems each year

Goal 3: Sell at least 160solar2 systems each year

Goal 4: Sell at least 160geo systems each year

Formulate and solve the profit maximizing solution to this exercise ignoring the four goals.

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