Question: The Outdoor Furniture Corporation (OFC) manufactures two products, picnic tables and benches, for use in yards and parks. The firm has two main resources: its carpenters (labor force) and a supply of redwood for use in the furniture. Each picnic table that OFC produces requires 2 labor hours and 100 feet of redwood; each bench takes 4 labor hours and 50 feet of redwood. Completed tables yield a profit of $50 each, and benches yield a profit of $20 each. During the next production cycle 400 hours of labor are available and the firm has a stock of 8,000 feet of redwood. OFC's marketing department believes that there is a limited demand for tables and suggests producing no more than 60 during the next production cycle. Formulate and solve a linear programming model to determine how many tables and benches OFC should produce to maximize profit.

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