Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher's model. The firm has 700 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 200 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table:
Production Time (Hours)
Model Cutting and
Sewing
Finishing Packaging and
Shipping
Profit/Glove
Regular model 1 3/2 1/6 $4
Catcher's model 3/2 1/2 3/4 $8
Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following:
(a) What is the linear programming model for this problem? If required, round your answers to 3 decimal places or enter your answers as a fraction. If the constant is "1" it must be entered in the box. Do not round intermediate calculation. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
Let R = number of units of regular model.
C = number of units of catcher's model.