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To determine: How many yards of each type of cloth to produce maximum profit of the manufacturer B by formulating linear programming and solve it.
Introduction: Linear programming is used to obtain the best possible outcome from the given real-world problem which is subjective to constraints and inequalities. It is used to make decisions based on business objectives. It is used in business planning, industrial engineering, and physical science. Express the real-world problem into the mathematical expression to get the optimal solution from the linear programming.
b)
To determine: How many yards of each type of cloth to produce maximum profit of the manufacturer B graphical method.
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