Your answer will be the packaging hours needed to execute your production plan - rounded to the nearest whole hour.  (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this problem.)

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You work for the Brad’s Nailer Company which manufactures two types of nailers: a pneumatic model and a cordless model.  You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with both pneumatic nailers and cordless nailers.  However, Brad’s nailer production capability is limited in three departments:  production, testing, and packaging. 

Your answer will be the packaging hours needed to execute your production plan - rounded to the nearest whole hour.  (The number of nailers may not be a whole number, which is acceptable in this problem.)

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  Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Pneum. Cost 87 89.50 127.50
Pneum. Prod Hrs 0.7 0.6 0.45
Pneum. Test Hrs 0.5 0.2 0.4
Pneum. Pkg Hrs 0.2 0.3 0.3
Pneum. Sales 85,000 44,500 29,000
Cordless Cost 97 99.75 146
Cordless Prod Hrs 0.4 0.8 0.5
Cordless Test Hrs 0.6 0.4 0.5
Cordless Pkg Hrs 0.2 0.4 0.4
Cordless Sales 35,500 45,000 63,000
Prod Hrs max 95,000 95,000 95,000
Testing Hrs max 70,000 70,000 70,000
Pkg Hrs max 35,000 35,000 35,000

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