The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co.produces two beers: Lite (L)and Dark (D).Two of his resources are constrained: production time,which is limited to 8 hours (480 minutes)per day; and malt extract (one of his ingredients),of which he can get only 675 gallons each day.To produce a keg of Lite beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of malt extract,while each keg of Dark beer needs 4 minutes of time and 3 gallons of malt extract.Profits for Lite beer are $3.00 per keg,and profits for Dark beer are $2.00 per keg.For the production combination of 135 Lite and 0 Dark,which resource is "slack" (not fully used)?
A)Time (only)
B)Malt extract (only)
C)Both time and malt extract
D)Neither time nor malt extract
E)Cannot be determined exactly

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To produce 135 kegs of Lite beer, the production time required is 2 minutes per keg, which totals to 270 minutes. This leaves 210 minutes of production time available, indicating that time is the slack resource. On the other hand, to produce 135 kegs of Lite beer, the malt extract required is 5 gallons per keg, which totals to 675 gallons (the maximum available). Therefore, the malt extract is fully utilized and not slack.

The Operations Manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co