Larry edison is the director of the computer center for buckly college. he now needs to schedule the staffing of the center. it is open from 8 am until midnight. larry has monitored the usage of the center at various times of the day and determined that the following number of computer consultants are required:
col1 time of day 8 am -noon noon – 4 pm 4 pm – 8 pm 8 pm - midnight
col2 minimum number of consultants required to be on duty 4 8 10 6
two types of computer consultants can be hired: full-time and part-time. the full-time consultants work for eight consecutive hours in any of the following shifts: morning (8 am – 4 pm), and evening (4 pm – midnight). full-time consultants are paid $14.00 per hour.
part-time consultants can be hired to work any of the four shifts listed in the table. part-time consultants are paid $12.00 per hour.
an additional requirement is that during every time period, there must be at least two full-time consultants on duty for every part-time consultant on duty.
larry would like to determine how many full-time and part-time consultants should work each shift to meet the above requirements at the minimum possible cost.
a-formulate a linear programming model for this problem on a spreadsheet. use the solver to solve this model.
b-summarize the model in algebraic form by defining the decision variables, the objective function and all the constraints.

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya.jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each.b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c.jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each.d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company.e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered.f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g.jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h.jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition.i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j.jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k.jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."

During the holiday season, maria's department store works with a contracted employment agency to bring extra workers on board to handle overflow business, and extra duties such as wrapping presents. maria's is using during these rush times.

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