4) A paint supply company makes three styles of Paint Rollers, regular, deluxe and heavy. All of the types of brushes must pass through 3 machines. The different types of brushes have the following contributions to profit per case and require the following times (in hours) at each machine per case: Model                   Machine 1          Machine 2          Machine 3           Profit Margin Regular                 3                              2                            3                             $20 Deluxe                  2                              4                            4                               40 Heavy                    4                              4                            5                               70 The company has 56 hours available for machine 1, 80 hours for machine 2 and 120 hours for machine 3. Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, write the linear programming model for this problem.

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4) A paint supply company makes three styles of Paint Rollers, regular, deluxe and
heavy. All of the types of brushes must pass through 3 machines. The different types
of brushes have the following contributions to profit per case and require the
following times (in hours) at each machine per case:


Model                   Machine 1          Machine 2          Machine 3           Profit Margin
Regular                 3                              2                            3                             $20
Deluxe                  2                              4                            4                               40
Heavy                    4                              4                            5                               70


The company has 56 hours available for machine 1, 80 hours for machine 2 and 120 hours
for machine 3. Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit
contribution, write the linear programming model for this problem.

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