Solution) The production manager for the Whoppy soft drink company is considering the production of 2 kinds of


Question: The production manager for the Whoppy soft drink company is considering the production of 2 kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. The company operates one “8 hour” shift per day. Therefore, the production time is 480 minutes per day. During the production process, one of the main ingredients, syrup is limited to maximum production capacity of 675 gallons per day. Production of a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of syrup, while production of a diet case needs 4 minutes and 3 gallons of syrup. Profits for regular soft drink are $3.00 per case and profits for diet soft drink are $2.00 per case. This problem is solved using a computer software package, and the optimal production quantities are 90 cases of regular and 75 cases of diet soft drink for a maximum profit of $420. What is the sensitivity range for the per case profit of a diet soft drink?

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