Commonwealth Dry Cleaners has 400 hours a week available to use in dry cleaning or laundry. Four thousand inches of hanging space is available. The average item that is dry cleaned takes six inches of hanging space, whereas laundry items take up only three inches of hanging space. The contribution margin for laundry items averages $3.50; dry cleaned items average $6.50. Fifty items can be washed per hour, whereas only twenty can be dry cleaned.
Required:
a. Determine the objective function. Is it a minimization or maximization function?
b. Set up the constraint equations.

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The Answer of Commonwealth Dry Cleaners has 400 hours a week available to use in dry cleaning or laundry. Four thousand inches of hanging space is available. The average item that is dry cleaned takes six inches of hanging space, whereas laundry items take up only three inches of hanging space. The contribution margin for laundry items averages $3.50; dry cleaned items average $6.50. Fifty items can be washed per hour, whereas only twenty can be dry cleaned.
Required:
a. Determine the objective function. Is it a minimization or maximization function?
b. Set up the constraint equations.

Commonwealth Dry Cleaners Has 400 Hours a Week Available to Use