In: Civil Engineering
I buy used computers and salvage the parts to build "refurbished" computers. I want to build 1000 computers, and have found suppliers of old working computers which have the following components inside, which cost the following, and are available in the following numbers:
Source |
Number of Mother Boards in Computer |
Number of 4340 Chips in Computer |
Number of 686 Chips in Computer |
Number of 500 GB Hard Drives in Computer |
Cost/ Computer |
Number Available |
Yamaha |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
$50 |
17000 |
Dell |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
$60 |
1500 |
Microsoft |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
$45 |
5000 |
Each of my computers will require one mother board, 2 - 4340 chips, 3 - 686 chips, and 1000 GB of hard drive storage. Set up the linear programming solution to determine how many computers I should purchase, and from whom.