Operations Management
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Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter B, Problem 17P
Summary Introduction
To determine: The investment to be made by RC Company using linear programming
Introduction:
Linear programming:
It is a linear optimization technique followed to develop the best outcome for the linear programming problem. The outcome might be to maximize profit, minimize cost, or to determine the optimal product mix. The outcome will take the constraints present in achieving the solution into consideration.
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