27. Widget sales. Recall that the Amalgamated Widget Company with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati manu-
factures widgets in four sizes: small (S), medium (M), large
(L), and jumbo (J). The predicted sales for January and Febru-
ary of each sized widget at each of the three locations is sum-
marized in matrices A and B. The selling price of each widget
is: small, $8; medium, $12; large, $15; and jumbo, $18 and is
recorded in matrix P.
8
1,000 700 1,500 800 1,100 800 1,400 700
A= 1,200 900 800 850 B= 1,000 950 900 750
2,000 550 1,000 700 1,800 600 1,050 800
P=
12
15
18