Home / Expert Answers / Operations Management / a-new-pollution-control-law-has-been-passed-b-the-state-legislature-requiring-manufacturers-to-reduc-pa533

(Solved): A new pollution control law has been passed b the state legislature requiring manufacturers to reduc ...



A new pollution control law has been passed b the state legislature requiring manufacturers to reduce pollution by 20%. A local industrialist manufactures copper, which results in the emission of three pollutants into the air: A, B, and C. under the state law the industrialist is required to reduce A by at least 50 units , B by at least 100 units, and C by at least 75 units. There are two pollution abatement methods available to the industrialist: (1) to use filters (x) or (2) to use cleansing additive for fuel (y). For each filter that is use, the emission of the three pollutants can be reduced by 1/2, 4/5, and 1 units respectively, for A, B, and C. For each ton of cleansing additive added to the fuel, the three pollutants can be reduced by 1, 5/2, and 1 unit, respectively, for A, B, and C. The cost of one filter is $500, and the cleansing additive costs $750 per ton. Based on this information, the industrialist's objective is to adopt the lowest-cost method of reducing pollution according to the law. Can you set the word problem up as a general form of the LP model on excel?



We have an Answer from Expert

View Expert Answer

Expert Answer


We have an Answer from Expert

Buy This Answer $5

Place Order

We Provide Services Across The Globe