Questions from Management Science

Q: A family has some rose plants in its garden. The family

A family has some rose plants in its garden. The family wants to use a fertilizer in their garden. To prepare the fertilizer, the family needs to blend two chemicals (1 and 2). These chemicals provide...

Q: The Terraco Motor Company has produced a lightweight, all-terrain

The Terraco Motor Company has produced a lightweight, all-terrain vehicle code-named “J99 Terra” for the military. The company is now planning to sell the Terra to...

Q: A farmer owns 150 acres of land and plans to sow wheat

A farmer owns 150 acres of land and plans to sow wheat, rice, and corn. He can use the storage facility of the government but must reserve the space before planting crops. He receives water free from...

Q: Brenda Last, an undergraduate business major at State University, is

Brenda Last, an undergraduate business major at State University, is attempting to determine her course schedule for the fall semester. She is considering seven 3-credit-hour courses, which are shown...

Q: A welder fabricates steel doors, gates, and tables using cutting

A welder fabricates steel doors, gates, and tables using cutting and welding machines. He has 200 units of steel, 630 processing hours of cutting machine, and 600 hours of welding machine. He earns a...

Q: Harry and Melissa Jacobson produce handcrafted furniture in a workshop on their

Harry and Melissa Jacobson produce handcrafted furniture in a workshop on their farm. They have obtained a load of 600 board feet of birch from a neighbor and are planning to produce round kitchen tab...

Q: The Jacobsons in Problem 24 have been approached by a home furnishings

The Jacobsons in Problem 24 have been approached by a home furnishings company that needs a wooden stool for its catalog. The company has asked the Jacobsons to produce a batch of 20 wooden stools, an...

Q: The Suntrek Company is a global apparel retailer with stores around the

The Suntrek Company is a global apparel retailer with stores around the world. It manufactures many of its clothing items in China and transports them by rail and truck to four ports on the coast&acir...

Q: Six Sigma is a well-recognized quality management system that employs

Six Sigma is a well-recognized quality management system that employs improvement projects to improve business processes to reduce product and service defects, reduce costs, and increase profits. Each...

Q: The Metropolitan Police Department was recently criticized in the local media for

The Metropolitan Police Department was recently criticized in the local media for not responding to police calls in the downtown area rapidly enough. In several recent cases, alarms had sounded for br...