1. World Foods, Inc., imports food products such as meats, cheese, and pastries to the United States from warehouses at ports in Hamburg, Marseilles, and Liverpool. Ships from these ports deliver the products to Norfolk, New York, and Savannah, where they are stored in company warehouses before being shipped to distribution centers in Dallas, St. Louis, and Chicago. The products are then distributed to specialty food stores and sold through catalogs. The shipping costs ($/1,000 lb.) from the Furone

1. Morelia Corporation has two assembly plants (in LA and Atlanta) and three distribution centers (St. Louis, Chicago, and Sacramento). The LA plant can produce at most 10,000 units per month, while the Atlanta plant can produce at most 7000 units per month. The St. Louis center must receive at least 5000 units per month, the Chicago center must receive at least 4000 units per month, and the Sacramento center must receive at least 8000 units per month. The costs per unit for transportation from plants to centers are given below. Set up an LP, defining the variables and writing the objective function and all constraints. LA to St. Louis, $3.50 LA to Chicago, 5 LA to Sacramento, 3 Atlanta to St. Louis, 3.50 Atlanta to Chicago, 3.75 Atlanta to Sacramento, 5.50

According to "The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care" by Weitz. What is Medicare? O The same thing as Obama Care O Government assisted programs for newborns and zygotes. O a federally funded insurance program for disabled and elderly people. O Medical programs that assist people who make less than 25k a year.

A software organisation employs 80,000 staff members. 16,000 employees are inthe sales team, 24,000 are in the customer support team and 14,000 are in thesoftware development and HR departments. What percentage of theorganisation’s employees are a part of the finance team, if the size of the financeteam makes up two-fifths of the remainder?

The Lawson Fabric Mill Produces five different fabrics. Each fabric can be woven on one or more of the mill’s 36 looms. The sales department’s forecast of demand for the next month is shown in below Table 1, along with data on the selling price per yard, variable cost per yard, and purchase price per yard. The mill operates 24 hours a day and is scheduled for 30 days during the coming month. The mill has two types of looms: draw and regular. The draw looms are more versatile and can be used for all five fabrics. The regular looms can produce only three of the fabrics. The mill has a total of 36 looms: 8 are draw and 28 are regular. The rate of production for each fabric on each type of loom is given in below Table 2. The time required to change over from producing one fabric to another is negligible and does not have to be considered.   The Lawson Fabric Mill satisfies all demand with either its own fabric or fabric purchased from another mill. Fabrics that cannot be woven at the…

Your broker has suggested that you diversify your investments by splitting your portfolio among mutual funds, municipal bond funds, stocks, and precious metals. She suggests five good mutual funds, four municipal bond funds, eight stocks, and three precious metals (gold, silver, and platinum). 1. Assuming your portfolio is to contain one of each type of investment, how many different portfolios are possible?

a. Apex Motors manufactures luxury cars and sport-utility vehicles. The most likely customers are high-income men and women, and company managers want to initiate an advertising campaign targeting these groups. They plan to run 1-minute spots on business/investment programs, where they can reach 7 million women and 4 million men from their target groups. They also plan 1-minute spots during sporting events, where they can reach 2 million women and 12 million men from their target groups. Apex feels that the ads must reach at least 37 million women and at least 32 million men who are prospective customers. A) 0.18x + 0.75y ≤ 1020 0.3x ≤ 630 0.2x + 0.2y ≥ 500 x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0   B) 7x+2y ≥ 37 4x + 12y ≥ 32 x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0      C) 0.6x + 0.4y ≤ 3200 0.2x + 0.2y ≥ 1200 0.2y ≤ 1000 x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0   D) 2x + 6y ≤ 600 x + y ≤ 200 x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 b. A company manufactures two types of electric hedge trimmers, one of which is cordless. The cord-type trimmer requires 2 hours to make, and the cordless model…

The emergence of giant multinational corporations is said to have altered the very nature of international economic activity. In what ways do these MNCs affect the structure and pattern of trading relationships between the developed world and the developing world?

Cars are shipped from three distribution centers to five dealers. The shipping cost is based on the mileage between the sources and the destinations and is independent of whether the truck makes the trip with partial or full loads. Following table summarizes the mileage between the distribution centers and the dealers together with the monthly supply and demand figures given in number of cars. A full truckload includes 18 cars. The transportation cost per truck mile is $25. a. Formulate the associated transportation model. b. Determine the optimal shipping schedule. Dealer 1 2 3 4 S Supply Center 1 100 150 200 140 Center 2 Center 3 Demand ཏེ ཝཱ། 50 70 60 65 880 35 400 200 40 90 100 150 130 150 100 200 150 160 140

A manufacturing firm has four factories from which product is shipped to three warehouse for onward distribution to stores. The following table reports a partial shipment plan to meet demand. The partial shipment plan, the total supplies at the factories and the required demands at the warehouses are reported in the table below. Factory Warehouse A Warehouse B Warehouse C Supply Factory 1 70 210 100 380 Factory 2 110 90 Answer 278 Factory 3 200 110 220 530 Factory 4 120 90 80 290    Demand    500 500 478   For the above shipment plan to be feasible, what is the number of units shipped from Factory 2 to Warehouse C?  Report the number within the table.