Appendix G: Solutions to Selected Problems

Chapter 1

  1. 1-16 BEP=5 units

  2. 1-18 BEP=700 units

  3. 1-20 BEP=160 per week; total revenue=$6,400

  4. 1-22 s=45

  5. 1-24

    (a) BEP=25 (b) BEP=18.333

Chapter 2

  1. 2-14 0.30

  2. 2-16

    (a) 0.10 (b) 0.04 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.40

  3. 2-18

    (a) 0.20 (b) 0.09 (c) 0.31 (d) Dependent

  4. 2-20

    (a) 0.3 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.8 (d) 0.49 (e) 0.24 (f) 0.27

  5. 2-22 0.719

  6. 2-24

    (a) 0.08 (b) 0.84 (c) 0.44 (d) 0.92

  7. 2-26

    (a) 0.995 (b) 0.885 (c) Assumed events are independent.

  8. 2-28 0.78

  9. 2-30 2.85

  10. 2-32

    (a) 0.1172 (b) 0.0439 (c) 0.0098 (d) 0.0010 (e) 0.1719

  11. 2-34 0.328, 0.590

  12. 2-36 0.776

  13. 2-38

    (a) 0.0548 (b) 0.6554 (c) 0.6554 (d) 0.2119

  14. 2-40 18,29.27

  15. 2-42

    (a) 0.5 (b) 0.27425 (c) 48.2

  16. 2-44 0.7365

  17. 2-46 0.162

Chapter 3

  1. 3-18 Maximin criterion; Texan

  2. 3-20

    (a) Stock market (b) $21,500

  3. 3-22 (b) CD

  4. 3-24 (b) Medium

  5. 3-26 8 cases

  6. 3-30 (b) Very large

    (c) Small (d) Very large (e) Very large

  7. 3-32 Minimax regret decision: option 2; minimum EOL decision: option 2

  8. 3-34 -$0.526

  9. 3-36 Construct the clinic (EMV = 30,000).

  10. 3-40 Do not gather information; build quadplex.

  11. 3-42 0.533; 0.109

  12. 3-44 (c) Conduct the survey. If the survey is favorable, ­produce razor; if not favorable, don’t produce razor.

  13. 3-46

    (a) 0.923, 0.077, 0.25, 0.75 (b) 0.949, 0.051, 0.341, 0.659

  14. 3-48 Do not use study. Risk avoiders.

  15. 3-50

    (a) Broad (b) Expressway (c) Risk avoider

Chapter 4

  1. 4-10

    (b) SST = 29.5. SSE = 12. SSR = 17.5. Y^=6+0.1X (c) Y^=10

  2. 4-12 (a) Y^=6+0.1X

  3. 4-16

    (a) $149,542 (b) The model predicts the average price for a house this size. (c) Age, number of bedrooms, lot size (d) 0.3969

  4. 4-18 For X=1200, Y^=2.35; for X=2400, Y^=3.67

  5. 4-22 The model with just age is best because it has the highest r2 (0.70).

  6. 4-24 Y^=91,446.49+29.86X1+2,116.86X21,504.77X3=142,465.16.

  7. 4-26 The model with horsepower is Y^=53.870.269X1; r2=0.77.

    The model with weight is Y^=57.530.01X2; r2=0.73.

  8. 4-30 Y^=77.190+0.047X

  9. 4-32

    (a) Y^=42.43+0.0004X (b) Y^=31.54+0.0058X

Chapter 5

  1. 5-16 MAD=6.48 for 3-month moving average; MAD=7.78 for 4-month moving average

  2. 5-18 Y=2.22+1.05X

  3. 5-20 Forecast for year 12 is 11.789; MAD=2.437.

  4. 5-23 Forecasts for year 6 are 565.6 and 581.4.

  5. 5-25 Forecast for year 6 is 555.

  6. 5-27 MAD=5.6 for trend line; MAD=74.56 for expo­nential smoothing; MAD=67 for moving average

  7. 5-29 (b) MAD=2.60; RSFE=5.11 at week 10

  8. 5-34 MAD=3.34

  9. 5-38 F11=6.26; MAD=0.58 for α=0.8 is lowest.

  10. 5-40 270, 390, 189, 351

Chapter 6

  1. 6-20

    (a) 20,000 (b) 50 (c) 50

  2. 6-22 $45 more; ROP=4,000

  3. 6-24 8 million

  4. 6-26 28,284; 34,641; 40,000

  5. 6-28

    (a) 10 (b) 324.92 (c) 6.5 days; 65 units (d) Maximum=259.94, average=129.97 (e) 7.694 runs; (f) $192.35; $37,384.71 (g) 5

  6. 6-30

    (a) Z=2.05 (b) 3.075 (c) 23.075 (d) $4.61

  7. 6-32 Add 160 feet, $1,920

  8. 6-34 2,697

  9. 6-36 Take the discount. Cost=$49,912.50.

  10. 6-38 $4.50; $6.00; $7.50

  11. 6-46 Item 4 EOQ=45

  12. 6-48 Order 200 units.

Chapter 7

  1. 7-14 40 air conditioners, 60 fans, profit=$1,900

  2. 7-16 175 radio ads, 10 TV ads

  3. 7-18 40 undergraduate, 20 graduate, $160,000

  4. 7-20 $20,000 petrochemical; $30,000 utility; return=$4,200; risk=6

  5. 7-22 X=18.75, Y=18.75, profit=$150

  6. 7-24 (1358.7, 1820.6), $3,179.30

  7. 7-26

    (a) Profit=$2,375 (b) 25 barrels pruned, 62.5 barrels regular (c) 25 acres pruned, 125 acres regular

  8. 7-28

    (a) Yes (b) Doesn’t change

  9. 7-34

    (a) 25 units product 1, 0 units product 2 (b) 25 units of resource 1 are used, slack = 20; 75 units of resource 2 are used, slack = 12; 50 units of resource 3 are used, slack = 0; constraint 3 is binding and others are not. (c) 0, 0, and 25 (d) Resource 3; up to $25 (dual price) (e) Total profit would decrease by 5 (value of reduced cost).

  10. 7-36 24 coconuts, 12 skins; profit=5,040 rupees

  11. 7-44 Use 7.5 lb of C-30, 15 lb of C-92, 0 lb of D-21, and 27.5 lb of E-11; cost=$3.35 per lb

Chapter 8

  1. 8-2 (b) $50,000 in LA bonds, $175,000 in Palmer Drugs, $25,000 in Happy Days

  2. 8-4 1.33 pounds of oat product per horse, 0 pounds of grain, 3.33 pounds of mineral product

  3. 8-6 6.875 TV ads; 10 radio ads; 9 billboard ads; 10 news­paper ads

  4. 8-8 Use 30 of the 5-month leases starting in March, 100 5-month leases starting in April, 170 5-month leases starting in May, 160 5-month leases starting in June, and 10 5-month leases starting in July.

  5. 8-10 Send 400 students from sector A to school B, 300 from A to school E, 500 from B to school B, 100 from C to school C, 800 from D to school C, and 400 from E to school E.

  6. 8-12 (b) 0.499 lb of ground meat, 0.173 lb of chicken, 0.105 lb of spinach, and 0.762 lb of potatoes; total cost=$1.75

  7. 8-14 13.7 trainees begin in August, and 72.2 begin in October.

Chapter 9

  1. 9-8 Des Moines to Albuquerque 200, Des Moines to Boston 50, Des Moines to Cleveland 50, Evansville to Boston 150, Ft. Lauderdale to Cleveland 250; cost=$3,200

  2. 9-10 5 units from Pineville to 3, 30 units from Oak Ridge to 2, 10 units from Oakville to 3, 30 units from Mapletown to 1; cost=$230; multiple optimal solutions

  3. 9-12 Total cost=$14,700

  4. 9-18 New Orleans’ cost is $20,000; Houston’s is $19,500, so Houston should be selected.

  5. 9-20 Optimal cost using East St. Louis: $17,400; optimal cost using St. Louis: $17,250.

  6. 9-22 Job A12 to machine W, Job A15 to machine Z, Job B2 to machine Y, Job B9 to machine X; time=50 hours

  7. 9-24 4,580 miles

  8. 9-26 Total rating=335

  9. 9-28 Maximum total rating=75.5

  10. 9-30

    (a) $2,591,200 (b) $2,640,400 (c) $2,610,100 and $2,572,100

  11. 9-34 200 on path 1–2–5–7–8, 200 on path 1–3–6–8, and 100 on path 1–4–8; = 500. This increases to 700 with the changes.

  12. 9-36 Total flow=13

  13. 9-38 Shortest path is 1–3–7–11–14–16. Total distance is 74.

  14. 9-40

    (a) 1,200 miles (b) 1,000 miles

  15. 9-42 Total distance=40

Chapter 10

  1. 10-10 (a) 2 prime-time ads per week, 4.25 off-peak ads per week, audience = 38,075 (b) 2 prime-time ads per week, 4 off-peak ads per week, audience=36,800 (c) 4 prime-time ads per week, 1 off-peak ad per week, audience=37,900

  2. 10-12 3 large posters and 4 small posters

  3. 10-16 (b) Build at Mt. Auburn, Mt. Adams, Norwood, Covington, and Eden Park.

  4. 10-18 (a) X1X2 (b) X1+X2+X3=2

  5. 10-20 (b) 0 TV, 0.73 radio, 0 billboard, and 88.86 newspaper ads

  6. 10-24 X1=15, X2=20

  7. 10-28 (b) 18.3 XJ6 and 10.8 XJ8; revenue=70,420

  8. 10-30 0.333 in stock 1 and 0.667 in stock 2; variance=0.102; return=0.09

Chapter 11

  1. 11-22 (a) 0.50 (b) 0.50 (c) 0.97725 (d) 0.02275 (e) 43.84

  2. 11-24

    (a) 0.0228 (b) 0.3085 (c) 0.8413 (e) 0.9772

  3. 11-28 14

  4. 11-32

    (b) Critical path A–C takes 20 weeks; path B–D takes 18 weeks (c) 0.222 for A–C; 5 for B–D (d) 1.00 (e) 0.963 (f) Path B–D has more variability and has a higher probability of exceeding 22 weeks.

  5. 11-38 Yes. The cost to crash is $2,200.

Chapter 12

  1. 12-10 Total costs for 1, 2, 3, and 4 clerks are $564, $428, $392, and $406, respectively.

  2. 12-12 (a) 4.167 cars (b) 0.4167 hours (c) 0.5 hours (d) 0.8333 (e) 0.1667

  3. 12-14 (a) 0.512, 0.410, 0.328 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.8 minutes (d) 3.2 (e) 4 (f) 0.429, 0.038 minutes, 0.15, 0.95

  4. 12-16 (a) 0.2687 hours (b) 3.2 (c) Yes; savings=$142.50 per hour.

  5. 12-18 (a) 0.0397 hours (b) 0.9524 (c) 0.006 hours (d) 0.1524 (e) 0.4286 (f) 0.4 (g) 0.137

  6. 12-20 With one person, L=3, W=1 hour, Lq=2.25, and Wq=0.75 hour. With two people, L=0.6, W=0.2 hour, Lq=2.225, and Wq=0.075 hour.

  7. 12-22 No

  8. 12-24 (a) 0.1333 hours (b) 1.333 (c) 0.2 hour (d) 2 (e) 0.333

  9. 12-26 (a) 80 customers per day (b) 10.66 hours, $266.50 (c) 0.664 hours, $16.60 (d) 2 tellers, $208.60

  10. 12-30 (a) 0.576 (b) 1.24 (c) 0.344 (d) 0.217 hours (e) 0.467 hours

  11. 12-32 (a) 0.27 hours (b) 3.2 (c) 4 (d) 0.33 hours (e) 0.4096

Chapter 13

  1. 13-14 No

  2. 13-16 Expected value is 6.35 (using formula). The average number is 7 in Problem 13-15.

  3. 13-18 (b) Average number delayed=0.40; average number of arrivals=2.07

  4. 13-26 (a) Cost/hour is generally more expensive replacing 1 pen each time. (b) Expected cost/hour with 1 pen policy=$1.38 (or $58/breakdown); expected cost/hour with 4-pen policy=$1.12 (or $132/breakdown)

Chapter 14

  1. 14-8 (b) 90% (c) 30%

  2. 14-10 Next month, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15; three months, 0.1952, 0.3252, 0.4796

  3. 14-12 (a) 70% (b) 30% (c) 40%

  4. 14-14 25% for Battle’s; 18.75% for University; 26.25% for Bill’s; 30% for College

  5. 14-16 111 at Northside, 75 at West End, and 54 at Suburban

  6. 14-18 Horizon will have 104,000 customers, and Local will have 76,000.

  7. 14-20 New MFA = (5,645.16, 1,354.84)

  8. 14-22 50% Hicourt, 30% Printing House, and 20% Gandy

  9. 14-26 Store 1 will have one-third of the customers, and store 2 will have two-thirds.

Chapter 15

  1. 15-8 45.034 to 46.966 for x¯, 0 to 4.008 for R

  2. 15-10 16.814 to 17.187 for x¯, 0.068 to 0.932 for R

  3. 15-12 2.236 to 3.728 for x¯, 0 to 2.336 for R, in control

  4. 15-16 (a) 1011.8 for x¯ and 96.3 for R (b) 956.23 to 1067.37 (c) Process is out of control.

  5. 15-18 LCL=0, UCL=4

Module 1

  1. M1-4 Sun− 0.80

  2. M1-6 Lambda=3.0445, CI=0.0223, RI=0.58, CR=0.0384

  3. M1-8 Car 1, 0.4045

  4. M1-10 University B has highest weighted average, 0.4995.

Module 2

  1. M2-6 1–2–6–7, with a total distance of 10 miles

  2. M2-8 Shortest route is 1–2–6–7, with a total distance of 14 miles.

  3. M2-10 Shortest route is 1–2–5–8–9, with a distance of 19 miles.

  4. M2-12 4 units of item 1, 1 unit of item 2, and no units of items 3 and 4

  5. M2-14 Ship 6 units of item 1, 1 unit of item 2, and 1 unit of item 3.

  6. M2-16 The shortest route is 1–3–6–11–15–17–19–20.

Module 3

  1. M3-6 (a) OL=$8(20,000X) for X20,000; OL=0 otherwise (b) $0.5716 (c) $0.5716 (d) 99.99% (e) Print the book.

  2. M3-8 (a) BEP=1,500 (b) Expected profit=$8,000

  3. M3-10 (a) OL=$10(30X) for X30; OL=0 otherwise (b) EOL=$59.34 (c) EVPI=$59.34

  4. M3-12 (a) Use new process. New EMV=$283,000. (b) Increase selling price. New EMV=$296,000.

  5. M3-14 BEP=4,955

  6. M3-16EVPI=$249.96

  7. M3-18EVPI=$51.24

Module 4

  1. M4-8 Strategy for X: X2; strategy for Y: Y1; value of the game=6

  2. M4-10 X1=35/57; X2=22/57; Y1=32/57; Y2=25/57; value of game=66.70

  3. M4-12 (b) Q=41/72, 1Q=31/72, P=55/72, 1P=17/72

  4. M4-14 Value of game=9.33

  5. M4-16 Saddle point exists. Shoe Town should invest $15,000 in advertising and Fancy Foot should invest $20,000 in advertising.

  6. M4-18 Eliminate dominated strategy X2. Then Y3 is dominated and may be eliminated. The value of the game is 6.

  7. M4-20 Always play strategy A14. $3 million.

Module 5

  1. M5-8 X=3/2; Y=1/2; Z=7/2

  2. M5-16 (48/606/6032/606/6012/606/6012/606/608/60)

  3. M5-18 0X1+4X2+3X3=28; 1X1+2X2+2X3=16

Module 6

  1. M6-6 (a) Yn=12X6 (b) Yn=80X3+12X (c) Yn=6/X4 (d) Yn=500/X6

  2. M6-8 (a) Yn=30X41 (b) Yn=60X2+24 (c) Yn=24/X5 (d) Yn=250/X6

  3. M6-10X=5 is point of inflection.

  4. M6-12 Q=2,400, TR=1,440,000

  5. M6-14 P=5.48

Module 7

  1. M7-18 (b) 14X1+4X23,360; 10X1+12X29,600 (d) S1=3,360, S2=9,600 (e) X2 (f) S2 (g) 800 units of X2 (h) 1,200,000

  2. M7-20 X1=2, X2=6, S1=0, S2=0, P=$36

  3. M7-22X1=14, X2=33, C=$221

  4. M7-24 Unbounded

  5. M7-26 Degeneracy; X1=27, X2=5, X3=0, P=$177

  6. M7-28 (a) Min. C=9X1+15X2

    X1+2X230
    X1+4X240

    (b) X1=0, X2=20, C=$300

  7. M7-30 8 coffee tables, 2 bookcases, profit=96

  8. M7-34 (a) 7.5 to infinity (b) Negative infinity to $40 (c) $20 (d) $0

  9. M7-36 (a) 18 Model 102, 4 Model H23 (b) S1=slack time for soldering, S2=slack time for inspection (c) Yes—shadow price is $4. (d) No—shadow price is less than $1.75.

  10. M7-38 (a) Negative infinity to $6 for phosphate, $5 to infinity for potassium (b) Basis won’t change, but X1, X2, and S2 will change.

  11. M7-40 Max P=50 U1+4U2 12U1+1U2120 20U1+3U2250

Module 8

  1. M8-16 Total cost is $230.

  2. M8-18 Total cost is $14,700.

  3. M8-20 Unbalanced; total cost=$5,310

  4. M8-22 Total cost=$28,300

  5. M8-24 Job A12 to machine W, Job A15 to machine Z, Job B2 to machine Y, Job B9 to machine X; time=50 hours

  6. M8-26 4,580 miles and 6,040 miles, respectively.

  7. M8-28 Total=86

  8. M8-32 Total cars per hour=5

  9. M8-34 Total distance=430

  10. M8-41 (a) The shortest path is 1–3–7–11–14–16 with a distance of 74. (b) The distance increases by 2.

  11. M8-43 (a) 1,200 miles (b) 1,000 miles

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