An oil company wants to decide how to allocate its budget. The government grants certain tax breaks if the company invests funds in research concerned with energy conservation. However, the government stipulates that at least 35 percent of the funds must be funneled into research for automobile efficiency (methanol fuel research and emission reduction). The company has a budget of $4 million for investment. The research proposal data are shown in the following table.                                       Maximum Investment      Annual Return     Project                              Allowed                 on Investment ______________________________________________________________ Methanol fuel research        $900,000                     4.5% Emission reduction              $485,000                     4.0% Solar cells                            $800,000                     4.0% Windmills                            $650,000                     3.8% ______________________________________________________________   The company wants to receive the government tax break. How much money should be invested in each project if the company wants to maximize total annual return on its investments?   Formulate a linear optimization model for the above situation.   (a) Define the decision variables for this problem. (b) Determine the objective function for this problem. What does it represent? (c) Determine all the constraints for this problem. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

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An oil company wants to decide how to allocate its budget. The government grants certain tax breaks if the company invests funds in research concerned with energy conservation. However, the government stipulates that at least 35 percent of the funds must be funneled into research for automobile efficiency (methanol fuel research and emission reduction). The company has a budget of $4 million for investment. The research proposal data are shown in the following table. 

 

                                   Maximum Investment      Annual Return

    Project                              Allowed                 on Investment

______________________________________________________________

Methanol fuel research        $900,000                     4.5%

Emission reduction              $485,000                     4.0%

Solar cells                            $800,000                     4.0%

Windmills                            $650,000                     3.8%

______________________________________________________________

 

The company wants to receive the government tax break. How much money should be invested in each project if the company wants to maximize total annual return on its investments?

 

Formulate a linear optimization model for the above situation.

 

(a) Define the decision variables for this problem.

(b) Determine the objective function for this problem. What does it represent?

(c) Determine all the constraints for this problem. Briefly describe what each constraint represents.

 

Note: Do NOT solve the problem after formulating.

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