no id - Chat started on:  Nov 16, 2007 11:35:30 PM
[11:35 PM] Corey Couillard has entered the room
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[11:35 PM] ziizoo admin: Session started on Fri Nov 16 23:36:44 EST 2007
[11:35 PM] Kate Sims: Oh good it worked!
[11:35 PM] Corey Couillard: hi, not sure what happen
[11:36 PM] Kate Sims: Somehow you left the room...  Who knows?!?  The bad news is we lost our whiteboard, but we were almost done.  Did you write everything down on separate paper?
[11:36 PM] Corey Couillard: yes
[11:37 PM] Kate Sims: Oh good.  We were just about to plug each of our points into the objective function to find the maximum.
[11:37 PM] Corey Couillard: that is correct
[11:37 PM] Kate Sims: Did you attempt it yet?
[11:38 PM] Corey Couillard: yes
[11:38 PM] Kate Sims: And which was the maximum?
[11:38 PM] Corey Couillard: b=50, r=300
[11:39 PM] Kate Sims: Yes, good.
[11:39 PM] Corey Couillard: do I put that on the graph
[11:40 PM] Kate Sims: You can, but you don't have to as long as it's with your other work.
[11:41 PM] Kate Sims: I sent you a message summarizing the steps we did.  Do you have any other questions about this problem?
[11:41 PM] Corey Couillard: ok, I just want to make sure that I understand this.  I plugged 300 in for r because to consume all the pork and that is how I derived 50 is that correct?
[11:42 PM] Corey Couillard: than I just have to plug these quanities in profit statement to determine total profit
[11:42 PM] Kate Sims: No, you're actually not using all of the pork.
[11:43 PM] Kate Sims: The reason we plugged in 300 is we were looking for where those two lines crossed to make the corner.  The two inequalities were (1/2)R + B <=200 and  R <=300, so the lines represented (1/2)R + B = 200 and R = 300.
[11:43 PM] Corey Couillard: if I mfg 300 pkg wouldn't I consume 150 ib of pork
[11:44 PM] Kate Sims: Hold on a second and I'll finish my other thought, then I'll get your new question.
[11:44 PM] Kate Sims: So to find where the lines cross, we solved the system (1/2)R + B = 200      R = 300.  This happens to be an easy system to solve, because we already know R.  So we just plugged it in to get B.
[11:45 PM] Kate Sims: (sorry, you're right.  I was thinking of the beef, which has some left over)
[11:46 PM] Kate Sims: You can't assume that you'll always use something up.  A lot of these simpler book problems work out that way, but when you get more constraints and they're more complicated, that may not happen.  
[11:46 PM] Corey Couillard: wouldn't we consume all the beef with 50 pkgs of B and 300 pkgs of reg, that would be 200 lbs
[11:47 PM] Kate Sims: Never mind.  You're absoutely right.  But still don't assume it'll always turn out that way.
[11:48 PM] Corey Couillard: ok, I also just want to make sure that I only need one shaded area,
[11:49 PM] Kate Sims: Yes, it should be one shaded area, which represents where all of the inequalities are true.
[11:50 PM] Corey Couillard: that is what I thought... ok, I'll look at your note an email if I have need further clarification.  Thank you....Ohh I did try to rate you but couldn't find where to do that.
[11:51 PM] Kate Sims: Did you try going to "My Account" and then "Dashboard" (the first tab)?  You can just send me another message if  you can't find it.
[11:52 PM] Corey Couillard: ok, I'll try.  thank you again for being so patient with me.   Have a good night
[11:52 PM] Kate Sims: You're very welcome!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.