(Appendix B. Sax Corp. manufactures two products, pudding and cake mixes, in two departments, the Mixing Department and the Packaging Department. The Mixing Department has 1,800 hours per month available, and the Packaging Department has 2,100 hours per month available. Production of the two products cannot exceed 40,000 pounds. Data on the two products follow:

Required:
(1) What is the objective function for the linear program Sax would use to determine the optimal monthly production for each product? ___________
(2) What is the mixing constraint for the Sax linear program? __________
(3) What is the packaging constraint for the Sax linear program? ______

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(Appendix B. Sax Corp. manufactures two products, pudding and cake mixes, in two departments, the Mixing Department and the Packaging Department. The Mixing Department has 1,800 hours per month available, and the Packaging Department has 2,100 hours per month available. Production of the two products cannot exceed 40,000 pounds. Data on the two products follow:
 
Required:
(1) What is the objective function for the linear program Sax would use to determine the optimal monthly production for each product? ___________
(2) What is the mixing constraint for the Sax linear program? __________
(3) What is the packaging constraint for the Sax linear program? ______

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The Answer of (Appendix B. Sax Corp. manufactures two products, pudding and cake mixes, in two departments, the Mixing Department and the Packaging Department. The Mixing Department has 1,800 hours per month available, and the Packaging Department has 2,100 hours per month available. Production of the two products cannot exceed 40,000 pounds. Data on the two products follow:
 
Required:
(1) What is the objective function for the linear program Sax would use to determine the optimal monthly production for each product? ___________
(2) What is the mixing constraint for the Sax linear program? __________
(3) What is the packaging constraint for the Sax linear program? ______