Faiza hired Bril Builders Inc. to construct her house. They signed a contract that stated Bril Builders would complete the work
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Answer:
The pension expense for 2021 = $543,500
Explanation:
Service cost = $523,000
Amortization of prior service cost = $113,000
Settlement rate = 11%
Projected benefit obligation = $1,450,000
Accumulated benefit obligation = $3,600,000
Note: The necessary calculations are in the table attached as a file to this solution.
Answer:
They should operate Mine 1 for 1 hour and Mine 2 for 3 hours to meet the contractual obligations and minimize cost.
Explanation:
The formulation of the linear programming is:
Objective function:
Restrictions:
- High-grade ore:
- Medium-grade ore:
- Low-grade ore:
- No negative hours:
We start graphing the restrictions in a M1-M2 plane.
In the figure attached, we have the feasible region, where all the restrictions are validated, and the four points of intersection of 2 restrictions.
In one of this four points lies the minimum cost.
Graphically, we can graph the cost function over this feasible region, with different cost levels. When the line cost intersects one of the four points with the lowest level of cost, this is the optimum combination.
(NOTE: it is best to start with a low guessing of the cost and going up until it reaches one point in the feasible region).
The solution is for the point (M1=1, M2=3), with a cost of C=$680.
The cost function graph is attached.
