A company is selling computers. They have an order from their store in San Mateo for 5 Computers and an order from their store in San Francisco of 10 computers. They have 3 computers in their warehouse in Hillsdale and 20 in their warehouse in Mission. It costs $3 to ship a computer from Hillsdale to San Mateo and $15 to ship it from Mission to San Francisco. It costs $12 to ship a computer from Mission to San Mateo and $2 to ship it from Hillsdale to San Francisco. How many computers should be shipped from each warehouse to each store in order to fill these order at the minimum shipping cost?

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anonymous · Answer

I know it is Linear Programming Problem

mathmate · Answer

What have you done so far?

mathmate · Answer

@brendafn ?

anonymous · Answer

I have found the unknowns  and the objective

mathmate · Answer

Can you post them, please?

anonymous · Answer

@mathmate

Let
X=# of computers from Hillsdale to San Mateo
Y=# of computers from Hillsdale to San Francisco
Z=# of computers from Mission to San Mateo 
W=# of computers from Mission to San Francisco

Objective Minimize Shipping Cost
3x + 15y + 12z + 2w

mathmate · Answer

Good, that's a good start.
Have you worked on the constraints?

anonymous · Answer

that's the part of the problem i am stuck on

mathmate · Answer

|dw:1422931851556:dw|

mathmate · Answer

I'm summarizing the data so we can check easily.
Can you complete the graph?

anonymous · Answer

What graph?