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Operations Research

Notes 1,000 pens of B per day. Pen A requires a special nib and only 400 such nibs are available
in a day. For pen B, only 700 nibs are available in a day.
Using graphical method, find the daily product mix so that the company can make maximum
profits.
10. G.L Breweries Ltd. has two bottling plants located at Pune and Bangalore. Each plant
produces three drinks; whisky, beer and brandy. The number of bottles produced in a day
are as follows – whisky 1,500, beer 3,000 and brandy 2,000 at Pune and Whisky 1,500 beer
1,000 and brandy 5,000 at Bangalore. A market survey indicates that during November,
there will be demand for 20,000 bottles of whisky, 40,000 bottles of beer and 44,000 bottles
of brandy. The operating cost per day for plants at Pune and Bangalore are ` 600 and ` 400
respectively. For how many days each plant be run in November so as to meet the demand
at minimum cost?
Answers: Self Assessment

1. (d) 2. (d)
3. (d) 4. Two
5. Feasible region 6. far most

2.12 Further Readings

Books J.K. Sharma, Operations Research, Theory and Applications, MacMillan India Ltd.

Kanti Swarup, P.K Gupta & Manmohan, Operations Research, Sultan Chand
Publications, New Delhi
Michael W. Carter, Camille C. Price, Operations Research: A Practical Introduction,
CRC Press, 2001
Paul A. Jensen, Jonathan F. Bard, Operations Research Models and Methods, John
Wiley and Sons, 2003
Richard Bronson, Govindasami Naadimuthu, Schaum’s Outline of Theory and
Problems of Operations Research, McGraw-Hill Professional; 1997

Online links http://www.zweigmedia.com/RealWorld/simplex.html
www.math.ucla.edu/
www.math.ncsu.edu

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