Chapter 14, Problem 43E

Southern California Chemical Company manufactures two industrial chemical products, called kreolitered and kreolite-blue. Two machines are used in the process, and each machine has 24 hours of capacity per day. The following data are available:

The company can produce and sell partially full drums of each chemical. For example, a half drum of kreolite-red sells for $18.

Required:

1. 1. Formulate the product-mix problem as a linear program.
2. 2. Solve the problem graphically.