please answer within 30 minutes. AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc. would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently, two production lines are inplace for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzlesprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four yearsas follows:YEARLY DEMAND1 (IN 000S) 2 (IN 000s) 3 (IN 000s)4 (IN 000s)304151521214171750516270Plastic 90Plastic 180Plastic 360Bronze 90Bronze 180Bronze 3604511151341611101520Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers requiretwo operators and can produce up to 17,500 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklersrequires four operators and can produce up to 310,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine areavailable.What are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demand values inthousands. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc. would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently, two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows: YEARLY DEMAND 1 (IN 000S) 2 (IN 0005) 3 (IN 000s) 4 (IN 000s) 30 41 51 52 Plastic 90 Plastic 180 12 14 17 17 50 51 62 70 Plastic 360 Bronze 90 4 5 11 15 1 3 4 16 Bronze 180 Bronze 360 11 10 15 20 Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require two operators and can produce up to 17,500 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 310,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available. What are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demand values in thousands. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc. would like to determine capacity requirements for the next four years. Currently, two production lines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Three types of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic: 90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and 360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand for the next four years as follows: YEARLY DEMAND 1 (IN 000S) 2 (IN 0005) 3 (IN 000s) 4 (IN 000s) 30 41 51 52 Plastic 90 Plastic 180 12 14 17 17 50 51 62 70 Plastic 360 Bronze 90 4 5 11 15 1 3 4 16 Bronze 180 Bronze 360 11 10 15 20 Both production lines can produce all the different types of nozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklers require two operators and can produce up to 17,500 sprinklers. The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plastic sprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 310,000 sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection molding machine are available. What are the capacity requirements for the next four years? (Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demand values in thousands. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

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ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

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