Mat 540 Assignment 3

Assignment 3: Julia's Food Booth

Quantitative Methods - MAT

Assignment #3: Julia's Food Booth

A. Formulate and solve an L.P. model for this case:

X1 pizza slices

X2 hot dogs

X3 B B Q sandwiches

This model is set up for the first home game.

Next, you would maximize Z x1 x2 x3 which is subject to the following:

  2.0 so x1, x2, x3 0

X3

All of which is displayed in the graph below. (Note: The oven space needed for a slice of pizza is determined by dividing the total space required by the slice of pizza, 14 x 14 196 in2 by 8 or 24 in2 per slice. The total space available would be the dimensions of the shelf, 36 in. x 48 in. 1,728 in2, multiply that by 2, the times before kickoff and halftime, thus the oven...