MEE437 Operations Research / Unit I Tutorial Problems / Darla / SMEC / FS2016-17

1.1.ASIA Company owns a small paint factory that produces both exterior and interior house paints
for whole sale distribution. Two basic raw 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 requirement of
the raw material per ton of exterior and interior paints is summarized in the following table.
Tons of raw material per ton of paint
Exterior
Interior
maximum availability (tons)
Raw material A
1
2
6
Raw material B
2
1
8
A market survey has established that the daily demand for interior paints 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 whole sale price per ton is Rs 3 thousand for exterior paint
and Rs 2 thousand for interior paint. How much interior and exterior paints should the company
produce daily to maximize gross income.
1.2.The medical experts and dieticians tell us that it is necessary for an adult to consume at least 75
grams of protein, 85 grams of fat and 300 grams of carbohydrates daily. The following table
gives the food items, their analysis and the cost.
Food value (grams) per 100 grams
Food type
proteins
fat
carbohydrates
cost per kg(Rs)
1
8.0
1.5
35.0
1.00
2
18.0
15.0
-3.00
3
16.0
4.0
7.0
4.00
4
4.0
20.0
2.5
2.00
5
5.0
8.0
40.0
1.50 _
Minimum daily
requirement
75
85
300
Formulate this diet problem as a linear programming problem.
1.3.A company makes two kinds of leather belts. Belt P is high quality belt and belt Q is of lower
quality. The respective profits are Rs 2.00 and Rs 1.00 per belt. Each belt of type P requires twice
as much time as a belt of type Q, and if all the belts were of type Q the company could make
1000 per day. The supply of leathers sufficient for only 800 belts per day (both P and Q
combined). Belt P requires a fancy buckle and only 400 per day are available. There are only 700
buckles a day available for belt Q. Determine the optimal product mix.
1.4.A Company proposes to utilize each idle manpower to produce two different items say A and B.
The two items required the service of skilled person for cutting, planning and assembling. Each
unit of A requires 15 min for cutting, 30min for planning and 20 min for assembling while each
unit of B requires 20min, 50min and 10min respectively. Skilled person can through on cutting
machine have 3 hours idle time /day. The idle man hours available for planning is 8 hrs/day and
that for assembling 3hrs/day. Any number of items produced can be marketed and expected
profit/unit are Rs. 105 and Rs 120 for A and B respectively. Determine the number of units of A
and B produced so as maximize the total profit.

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1.5.A company sells two different products A and B. The company makes a profit of Rs. 4 and Rs. 3
per unit for product A and B respectively. The two products are produced in a common
production process and are sold in two different markets. The production process has a capacity
of 3000 man-hours. It takes three hours to produce one unit of A and one hour to produce one
unit of B .the market has been surveyed and the company officials feel that the maximum
number of units of A that can be sold is 800 and maximum of B is 1200 units .subject to these
limitations find the optimal solution using the graphical method.
1.6.A person requires 10, 12 and 12 units of chemicals A, B and C respectively for his garden. A
liquid product contains 5, 2 and 1 units respectively per jar. A dry product contains 1, 2 and 4
units of A, B and C per carton. If the liquid product sells for Rs 3 per jar and the dry product sells
for Rs 2 per carton, how many of each should be purchased in order to minimize the cost and
meet the requirements.
1.7.The manager of an oil-refinery has to design on the optimal mix of two blending processes of
which the inputs and outputs per production run are given below:
input
output
Process
crude A crude B
gasoline X
gasoline Y
1
5
3
5
8
2
4
5
4
4
The maximum amount available of A and B are respectively 200 and 150 units. Market
requirement shows that at least 100 units of X and 80 units of Y must be produced. The profits
from the process are Rs 3 and Rs 4 per run. Formulate this as a LPP and solve it graphically.
1.8.An electronic company manufactures two TV models each on a separate production line. The
daily capacity of the first line is 120 TVs and that of second is 150 TVs. Each unit of the first
model uses 10 pieces of a certain electronic component; where as each unit of the second model
requires 8 pieces of the same component. The maximum daily availability of the special
component is 1600 pieces. The profits per unit of models 1 and 2 are Rs 6000 and Rs 4000
respectively. Determine the optimum daily production of each model using graphical method.
1.9.A television company operates two assembly lines namely line 1 and line 2. Each line is used to
assemble the components of three types of televisions: colour, standard and economy. The
expected daily production as each line is as follows:
TV model
assembly line 1
assembly line 2
Color
3
1
Standard
1
1
Economy
2
6
The daily running costs for two lines average Rs.6000 for assembly line 1 and Rs.4000 for
assembly line 2. It is given that the company must produce at least 24 color, 16 standard and 48
economy TV sets (for which an order is pending). Determine the number of days the two lines
should be run to meet the requirements.
1.10.

Solve the following LPP using graphical method

Max Z = 3x1+2x2
subject to x1+2x2 6
2x1+x2 8
-x1+x2 1
x2 2
x1, x2 0

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1.11.

Use graphical method to solve the following LPP

Min Z =2x+3y
subject to
x+y < 4
6x+2y>8
x+5y>4
x<3
y<3
x, y >0

1.12.

Use graphical method to solve the following problems

(a) max Z=20x1+20x2
subject to 36x1+6x2 108
3x1+12x2 36
20x1+10x2 10
x1+x2 20
x1, x2 0

(b) max Z = x1+x2

subject to x1+x2 <1
-3x1+x2 >3
x1 ,x2 >0

(c) max Z =18x1+12x2

subject to2x1+x240
x1 >20
x1+x2=20
x1,x20
1.13.

Rewrite the following LP problem in standard formulation.

Max z = 2x1+ x2 + 3x3
2x1+4x2<4
x1+2x2+x3> 5
2x1+3x3>2
x1, x2> and x3 is unrestricted in sign

1.14.

Solve the following problem by simplex method

Max z =3x1+2x2+4x3
Subject to 2x1+3x2+x3<30
x1+x2+3x3<30
x1+3x2+x3<24
x1, x2, x3>0

1.15.

Using simplex method

Max z =x1+2x2+x3
Subject to 2x1+x2-x3 < 2
-2x1+x2+x3 > -7
4x1+x2+x3 < 6
x1, x2, x3 > 0

1.16.

Solve the following LPP using Two-Phase method

Minimize z =4x1+ x2
Subject to 3x1+x2 = 3
4x1+3x2 6
x1+ 2x2 4
x1, x2 0
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1.17.

Solve the following LPP using Two-phase method

Min z =x1+x2
Subject to 2x1+x2>4
x1+7x2>7
x1, x2>0

1.18.

Solve the following problem with the use of the artificial variables.
Minimize z = 3x1 + 2x2
subject to 3x1 + x2 3
4x1 + 3x2 6
x1 + x2 3
x1, x2 0

1.19.

Solve the following problem

Minimize z = x1+4x2
Subject to 2x1+x2<16
x1+2x2>12
x1, x2>0

1.20.

Use two phase method to solve

Max 6x1+3x2
Subject to 2x1+3x2<30
3x1+2x2=4
x1+x2>1
x1, x2>0

1.21.

Use penalty method or big M method to solve

Min z =4x1+3x2
Subject to 2x1+x2>10
-3x1+2x2<6
x1+x2>6
x1, x2>0

1.22.

Using simplex method

Max z = x1+2x2
Subject to x1+2x2<8
x1+2x2<12
x1-x2<3
x1, x2>0

1.23.

Solve the following problem using simplex method

Max z = 3x1+2x2
Subject to 4x1+3x2< 12
4x1+x2< 8
4x1-x2< 8
x1, x2>0

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1.24.

Solve the following problem

(a) max Z=3x1+9x2
subject to
x1+4x2 8
x1+2x2 4
x1, x2 0

(c) max Z = 2x1+4x2

subject to x1+2x2 <5
x1+x2 <4
x1 ,x2 >0

(d) max Z =x1+2x2

subject to x - x2 10
2x1 40
x1,x20

(b) max Z = 3x1+2x2

subject to 2x1+ x2 <2
3x1+4x2 >12
x1 ,x2 >0

1.25. A company has four warehouses W1, W2, W3 and W4. It is required to deliver a product
from these warehouses to three customers C1, C2 and C3. The warehouses have the following
amounts in stock:
Warehouse
W1
W2
W3
W4
No. of units
15
16
12
13
and the customers requirements are:
Customer
No. of units

C1
18

C2
20

C3
18

The table below shows the costs of transporting one unit from warehouse to the customer and
stock of warehouse and requirement of customer.
C1

C2

C3

W1

W2

11

W3

3
10
9
W4
Determine the optimal solution to the problem.

1.26.

Find an optimum basic feasible solution to the following T.P :

Warehouse

Factory

W1
W2
F1
19
30
F2
70
30
F3
40
8
5
8
Warehouse Requirements

W3
50
40
70
7

W4
10
60
20
14

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Factory
capacity

1.27.

Solve the following transportation problem:

To
A
I
50
From II 90
III 250
4
Requirement

1.28.

C
220 1
170 3 Availability
50 4
2

Solve the following transportation problem:

Consumers
Suppliers
I
II
III
Required

1.29.

B
30
45
200
2

A B

Availability

6
4
1
6

4
8
6
15

14
12
5
31

8
9
2
10

Given the following data:

Destinations
1 2 3 Capacities
1 2 2 3 10
Sources
2 4 1 2 15
3 1 3 40
Demands
20 15 30
The cost of shipment from third source to the third destination is not known. How many units
should be transported from the sources to the destination so that the total cost of transporting
all the units to their destinations is a minimum?

1.30.

Solve the following transportation problem:

Source

1.31.

1
21
17
32
6

1
2
3
Requirement

Destination
2
3
16
25
18
14
27
18
13
12

4
13
23
41
15

Availability
11
13
19
43

Solve the following transportation problem:

Origin

O1
O2
O3
Requirement

D1
1
3
4
20

Destination
D2
D3
2
1
3
2
2
5
40
30

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4
1
9
10

Availability
30
50
20
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1.32.

Solve the following transportation problem :

D1
4
16
8
72

O1
O2
O3
Requirement

D2
8
24
16
102

D3
8
16
24
41

availability
76
82
77

1.33. Solve the following transportation problem where all cell entries are unit profits of
transportation from any origin to any destination :
F1
F2
F3
Requirement

A
8
6
3
150

B
9
11
8
160

C
6
5
7
110

D
3
10
9
130

Availability
170
200
180

1.34. A company has four warehouses W1, W2, W3 and W4. It is required to deliver a product
from these warehouses to three customers C1, C2 and C3. The warehouses have the following
amounts in stock:
Warehouse
W1
W2
W3
No. of units
15
25
5
and the customers requirements are:
Customer
C1
C2
C3
C4
No. of units
5
15
15
10
The table below shows the costs of transporting one unit from warehouse to the customer and
stock of warehouse and requirement of customer.
C1
C2
C3
C4
W
10
2
20
11
1
W
12
7
9
20
2
W
0
14
16
18
3
Use the VAM to find the starting solution and find the optimal solution to the problem
1.35. There are three sources or origins which store a given product. These sources supply these
products to four dealers. The capacities of the sources and the demands of the dealers are given
below :
Sources
S1
150
S2
40
S3
80

Demands
D1
90
D2
70
D3
50
D4
60

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The cost of transporting the products from various sources to various dealers is shown below:
D1
D2
D3
D4
S1
27
23
31
69
S2
10
45
40
32
S3
30
54
35
57
Find out the optimal solution for transporting the products at a minimum cost.
1.36. An oil corporation has got three refineries P, Q, and R, and it has to send petrol to four
different deports A, B, C and D. The cost of shipping 1 gallon of petrol from each refineries to
each deport is given below: The requirements of deports and the available petrol at the refineries
are also given.

Deport
A
B
C
D
Available
P
10
12
15
8
130
Refinery
Q
14
11
9
10
150
R
20
5
7
18
170
Required
90
100
140
120
Find the minimum cost of shipping after obtaining an initial solution by Vogels
Approximation Method.

1.37. Four different jobs can be done on four different machines. The set up and take down time
costs are assumed to be prohibitively high for changeovers. The matrix below gives the cost in
rupees of producing job i on machine j.
Machine
M1
M2
M3
M4
J1
18
26
17
11
J2
13
28
14
26
Job
J3
38
19
18
15
J4
19
26
24
10
How should the jobs be assigned to the various machines so that the total cost is minimized?
1.38. A machine tool company decides to make four subassemblies through four contractors. Each
contactor is to receive only one subassembly. The cost of each subassembly is determined by the
bids submitted by each contractor and is shown in table in hundreds of rupees. Assign the
different subassemblies to contactors so as minimize the total cost.

S1
Subassembly

Contractor
C1
C2
15
13

C3

C4
14

17

S2

11

12

15

13

S3

13

12

10

11

S4

15

17

14

16

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1.39. A company has one surplus truck in each of the cities A, B, C, D and E and one deficit truck
in each of the cities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The distance between the cities in kilometers is shown in
the matrix below. Find the assignment of trucks from cities in surplus to cities in deficit so that
the total distance covered by vehicles is minimum.
1
2
3
4
5
6
A

12

10

15

22

18

10

18

25

15

16

12

11

10

14

10

13

13

12

12

11

13

10

1.40. A company has a team of four salesmen and there are four districts where the company wants
to start its business. After taking into account the capabilities of salesman and the nature of
districts, the company estimates that the profit per day in rupees for each salesman in each
district is as below.
1
2
3
4
A

16

10

14

11

14

11

15

15

Sales man
C

15

15

13

12

13

12

14

15

12

11

1.41. Four new machines M1, M2, M3, M4 and are to be installed in a machine shop. There are five
vacant places A, B, C, D and E available. Because of limited space, machine M2 cannot be placed
at C and M3 cannot be placed at A. Cij, the
assignment cost of machine i to place j in rupees
is shown below.
A
B
C
D
E
M1

10

M2

M3

M4

Find the optimal assignment schedule.

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