The production planner for fine coffees

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1. The production planner for Fine Coffees, Inc. produces two coffee blends: American (A) and British (B). Two of his resources are constrained: Columbia beans, of which he can get at most 300 pounds (4,800 ounces) per week; and Dominican beans, of which he can get at most 200 pounds (3,200 ounces) per week. Each pound of American blend coffee requires 10 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Dominican beans, while a pound of British blend coffee uses 6 ounces of each type of bean. Profits for the American blend are $2.00 per pound, and profits for the British blend are $1.00 per pound. For the production combination of 480 American and 0 British, which resource is "slack" (not fully used)?

A. Colombian beans (only)

B. Dominican beans (only)

C. Both Colombian beans and Dominican beans

D. Neither Colombian beans nor Dominican beans

E. Cannot be determined exactly

2. An electronics firm produces two models of pocket calculators: the A-100 (A), which is an inexpensive four-function calculator, and the B-200 (B), which also features square root and percent functions. Each model uses one (the same) circuit board, of which there are only 2,200 available for this week's production. Also, the company has allocated a maximum of 800 hours of assembly time this week for producing these calculators, of which the A-100 requires 15 minutes (0.5 hours) each, and the B-200 requires 30 minutes (0.25 hours) each to produce. The firm forecasts that it could sell a maximum of 4,000 A-100's this week and a maximum of 1,000 B-200's. Profits for the A-100 are $2.50 each, and profits for the B-200 are $3.00 each. For the production combination of 1,400 A-100's and 900 B-200's which resource does not have "slack"?

A. circuit boards (only)

B. assembly time (only)

C. both circuit boards and assembly time

D. neither circuit boards nor assembly time

E. None of the above

Reference no: EM132109334

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