Question

A plant manager is attempting to determine the production schedule of various products to maximize profit. Assume that a machine hour constraint is binding. If the original amount of machine hours available is 200 minutes, and the range of feasibility is from 130 minutes to 300 minutes, providing two additional machine hours will result in Group of answer choices a different product mix, same total profit as before. the same product mix, different total profit. the same product mix, same total profit. a different product mix, different total profit.

Answer 1

Answer: a different product mix, different total profit.

Explanation:

It should be noted that in a situation whereby constraint is binding and a change with regards to the availability that is within the range exist, this will bring about a change in both the product mix and total profit.

With regards to the question, since the machine hour constraint is binding and the original amount of machine hours available is 200 minutes, and the range of feasibility is from 130 minutes to 300 minutes, then it should be noted that the provision of two additional machine hours will result in a different product mix, different total profit.