1. The Onato Company produces chairs, lamps and tables. Each chair produced requires 6 minutes in
machine center A, 5 minutes in machine center B, and 8 minutes in machine center C. Each lamp
produced requires 5 minutes in machine center A, 4 minutes in machine center B, and 5 minutes in
machine center C. Each table produced requires 6 minutes in machine center A, 4 minutes in machine
center B, and 6 minutes in machine center C. The company has daily availability of 40 hours in center
A, 34 hours in center B, and 50 hours in center C. The company can sell all it can produce. Since the
company is not sure of the profit contributions of the various products, it decides that its objective is
to maximize the total volume of output.
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