Uhura Enterprises provides consulting services for customers. Consultants are brought in for two-hour shifts. A consultant will spend one full hour with a customer. The customers remain for that hour and then leaves. Each consultant is paid $25 per hour. Let X_i represent the number of consultants starting their shift at hour i, (i = 1,2,3,4) . The firm wishes to minimize salary costs while satisfying demand. Customer demand is as follows.
1:00-2:00 4
2:00-3:00 5
3:00-4:00 10
4:00-5:00 4
5:00-6:00 8
Suppose that if consultants start shifts at both 1:00 and 2:00, then the firm will incur an additional fixed cost of $100 (for secretarial support) . Let Y be a binary (0-1) variable that equals 1 if this event occurs, and 0 otherwise. Which of the following would "activate" Y variables.)

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The Answer of Uhura Enterprises provides consulting services for customers. Consultants are brought in for two-hour shifts. A consultant will spend one full hour with a customer. The customers remain for that hour and then leaves. Each consultant is paid $25 per hour. Let X_i represent the number of consultants starting their shift at hour i, (i = 1,2,3,4). The firm wishes to minimize salary costs while satisfying demand. Customer demand is as follows. 1:00-2:00 4 2:00-3:00 5 3:00-4:00 10 4:00-5:00 4 5:00-6:00 8 Suppose that if consultants start shifts at both 1:00 and 2:00, then the firm will incur an additional fixed cost of $100 (for secretarial support). Let Y be a binary (0-1)variable that equals 1 if this event occurs, and 0 otherwise. Which of the following would "activate" Y variables.) A)X₁ + X₂ ? 5000Y B)X₁ ? 5000Y and X₂ ? 5000Y C)X₁ + X₂ ? 5000Y D)X₁ + X₂ ? Y E)X₁ ? 5000q₁ and X₂ ? 5000q₂ and q₁ + q₂ ? 1 + Y

Uhura Enterprises Provides Consulting Services for Customers