As treasurer of the school PTA, you chair the committee to decide how the $20,000 raised by candy sales will be spent. Four kinds of projects have been proposed, and facts on each are shown below.
Develop a goal programming model that would represent these goals and priorities.
Priority 1
Goal 1
Spend the entire $20,000.
Goal 2
Do not use more than 50 person-days of volunteer time
Priority 2
Goal 3
Provide at least as many encyclopedias and computers as requested.
Goal 4
Provide at least as many field trips as requested.
Goal 5
Do not provide any more basketball goals than requested.

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As treasurer of the school PTA, you chair the committee to decide how the $20,000 raised by candy sales will be spent. Four kinds of projects have been proposed, and facts on each are shown below.  ​
Develop a goal programming model that would represent these goals and priorities.
Priority 1
Goal 1
Spend the entire $20,000.
Goal 2
Do not use more than 50 person-days of volunteer time
Priority 2
Goal 3
Provide at least as many encyclopedias and computers as requested.
Goal 4
Provide at least as many field trips as requested.
Goal 5
Do not provide any more basketball goals than requested.

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The Answer of As treasurer of the school PTA, you chair the committee to decide how the $20,000 raised by candy sales will be spent. Four kinds of projects have been proposed, and facts on each are shown below.  ​
Develop a goal programming model that would represent these goals and priorities.
Priority 1
Goal 1
Spend the entire $20,000.
Goal 2
Do not use more than 50 person-days of volunteer time
Priority 2
Goal 3
Provide at least as many encyclopedias and computers as requested.
Goal 4
Provide at least as many field trips as requested.
Goal 5
Do not provide any more basketball goals than requested.

As Treasurer of the School PTA, You Chair the Committee