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Solution: The Southern Sporting Goods Company makes basketballs and footballs. Each product is produced from two resources - rubber and leather. The resource

Question: The Southern Sporting Goods Company makes basketballs and footballs. Each product is produced from two resources - rubber and leather.

The resource requirements for each product and the total resources available are as follows.

Resource Requirements per Unit
Product Rubber (lb) Leather (ft 2 )
Basketball 3 4
Football 2 5
Total resources available 500 lb 800 ft 2

Each basketball produced results in a profit of $12, and each football earns $16 in profit.

  1. Formulate a linear programming model to determine the number of basketballs and footballs to produce in order to maximize profit.
  2. Transform this model into standard form.

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