A plumber can buy plastic pipe in 6-foot and 12-foot lengths. The current job requires eight 4-foot lengths, five 5-foot lengths and three 7-foot lengths. The plumber wants to figure out how many of each of the two stock lengths should be bought to minimize waste. (a) Set up a linear programming model to the above situation. (b) Solve the model. (c) Perform a sensitivity analysis on the model. (d) Comment on the solution, noting the meanings of the slack variables and the ranges for resource and cost components.
A plumber can buy plastic pipe in 6-foot and 12-foot lengths. The current job requires eight 4-foot lengths, five 5-foot lengths and three 7-foot lengths. The plumber wants to figure out how many of each of the two stock lengths should be bought to minimize waste. (a) Set up a linear programming model to the above situation. (b) Solve the model. (c) Perform a sensitivity analysis on the model. (d) Comment on the solution, noting the meanings of the slack variables and the ranges for resource and cost components.
Practical Management Science
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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
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Chapter11: Simulation Models
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 54P
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