46. Appliance Manufacturing Kitchen Komer produces refrig- erators, dishwashers, and stoves at three different factories. The table gives the number of each product produced at each factory per day. Kitchen Korner receives an order for 110 refrigerators, 150 dishwashers, and 114 ovens. How many days should each plant be scheduled to fill this order? Appliance Factory A Factory B Factory C Refrigerators 8 10 14 Dishwashers 16 12 10 Stoves 10 18 6

Suppose the coal and steel industries form a closed economy. Every $1 produced by the coal industry requires $0.30 of coal and $0.70 of steel. Every $1 produced by steel requires $0.80 of coal and $0.20 of steel. Find the annual production (output) of coal and steel if the total annual production is $20 million.

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…

A supplier for the automobile industry manufactures car and truck frames at two different plants. How many hours should each plant be scheduled to operate to exactly fill each of the orders in the right table? The production rates (in Frames per hour) for each plant are given in the left table. Plant A B Car Frames 2 3 Complete the table below. Number of hours for plant A Number of hours for plant B Truck Frames 4 7 1 Car frames Truck frames ... Orders 2 1 634 1454 3 Orders 2 751 1635 3 848 1846