Shirley Templeton is a real estate agent for Paralol Realty. Shirley is given the
responsibility to manage potential customers for 5 of the Realty’s bungalows. These 5
bungalows are situated in close proximity. In order to make traveling easier, Shirley
decides to move to a location closer to the 5 bungalows. The table below gives the
location (X and Y coordinates) of the 5 bungalows along with the number of trips she
would have to make to each bungalow. Create a nonlinear model based on the data
given in the table below noting that the objective is to reduce the weighted distance
between Shirley’s accommodation and the 5 bungalows.
According to the model, what is the distance between Shirley’s new accommodation
and Bungalow 2?
A) 91.16
B) 23.12
C) 98.21
D) 14.53
Stone Age Surfboards is a small manufacturer of two types of popular low-tide
surfboards, the Graystone and the Lava models. The manufacturing process consists of
two departments: fabrication and finishing. The fabrication department has 8 skilled
workers, each of whom works 9.25 hours per day. The finishing department has 5
workers, each of whom works a 6 -hour shift per day. Each pair of Graystone
surfboards requires 2.5 labor hours in the fabrication department and 2 labor hours in
finishing. The Lava model requires 4.2 labor-hours in fabrication and 3.6 labor-hours in
finishing. The company operates 6 days a week. It makes a per unit profit of $40 on the