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A company is considering various advertising media to promote its new toy.Pertinent information regarding potential customers reached and costs per advertisement is given below:
 No. of Customers  Media  Maximum Times  Reached  Cost per  Available per Month  Advertisement  Daytime TV 100010$2000 Evening TV 30008$3500 Daytime Radio 50015$1000 Evening radio 75015$1500 Newspaper 9004$500\begin{array}{lccc} & \text { No. of Customers } \\\text { Media } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Maximum Times } \\\text { Reached }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Cost per } \\\text { Available per Month }\end{array} & \text { Advertisement } \\ \text { Daytime TV } & 1000 & 10 & \$ 2000 \\\text { Evening TV } & 3000 & 8 & \$ 3500 \\\text { Daytime Radio } & 500 & 15 & \$ 1000 \\\text { Evening radio } & 750 & 15 & \$ 1500 \\\text { Newspaper } & 900 & 4 & \$ 500\end{array}

Currently,the company has a monthly advertising budget of $150,000.The marketing department has imposed the following restrictions:
•No more than $20,000 may be spent on radio advertising each month.
•At least 5 TV ads must be used each month.
Use Excel to formulate and solve this problem to maximize monthly audience exposure.

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