The Redy Miks Company owns a small paint factory that produces both interior and exterior

house paints for wholesale distribution. Two basic materials, A and B, are used to manufacture
the paints. The maximum availability of A is 6 tons a day; that of B is 8 tons a day. The daily
requirements of the raw materials per ton of interior and exterior paints are summarized in the
following table.

Tons of Raw Material per ton of paint Maximum

Exterior Interior Availability (tons)
Raw material A 1 2 6
Raw material A 2 1 8

A market survey has established that the daily demand for interior paint cannot exceed that of
exterior paint by more than 1 ton. The survey also shows that the maximum demand for interior
paint is limited to 2 tons daily. The profit contribution per ton is 3 thousand for exterior and 2
thousand for interior paint. How much exterior and interior paints should the company produce
to maximize profit?

LP Model
Let x1 = tons produced daily of exterior paint
x2 = tons produced daily of interior paint

Maximize: P = 3x1 + 2x2 (Objective function)

Subject to: x1 + 2x2 6 (Raw material A constraint)
2x1 + x2 8 (Raw material B constraint)
x2 - x1 1 (Production demand constraint)
x2 2 (Maximum demand constraint)
x1 , x2 0

Maximize: P = 40x1 + 30x2 + 50x3(Objective function)

Subject to: 0.4x1 + 0.5x2 + 0.6 x3 20 (Raw material 1 constraint)
0.2x2 + 0.1x3 5 (Raw material 2 constraint)
0.6x1 + 0.3x2 + 0.3x3 21 (Raw material 3 constraint)
x1 , x2 , x3 0

Maximize: P = 40x1 + 30x2 + 50x3(Objective function)

2 1 3
Subject to: .x1 + x2 + x3 20 (Raw material 1 constraint)
5 2 5
1 1
x2 + x 5 (Raw material 2 constraint)
5 10 3
3 3 3
x1 + x2 + x 21 (Raw material 3 constraint)
5 10 10 3
x1 , x2 , x3 0
 x1 = number of units produced for the marine equipment distribution channel.
x2 = number of units produced for the business equipment distribution channel.
x3 = number of units produced for the national chain retailer distribution channel.
x4 = number of units produced for the direct mail distribution channel.

Maximize: P = 90x1 + 84x2 + 70x3 + 60x4 (Objective function)

Subject to: 10 x1 + 8 x2 + 9 x3 + 15 x4 5000
2 x1 + 3 x2 + 3 x3 1800
x1 +x2 +x3 + x4= 600
x3 150
x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 0
(advertising budget)
(sales force availability)
(production level)
(Retail stores requirement)