Practical Management Science
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Chapter 2, Problem 31P
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To use: A data table to find the temperature and time settings that maximize the yield of this process.
Maximum yield:
The maximum yield is the amount of maximum output that can be generated from a set of inputs when the inputs are employed efficiently.
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