This question is about the application ofLinear Programming (LP).Parts (a) and (b) are in a company setting, and part (c) is inyour daily life setting.(a) TradeCo wants to invest at most $10,000 in 2021. Twoinvestment options are proposed: STK and BD, with annual yields of 20% and 10%respectively.Based on market research, TradeCo wishes to limit the amountinvested in STK to no more than 60% of the total investment. How should TradeCoinvest to generate the highest annual yield?
Develop an LP model that represents the problem.
Please clearly state decision variables, objective andconstraints. You do not need to solve it.
Please limit the answer to within one page. (15 marks)
(b) Suppose that TradeCo imposes one more restriction:investment in BD should be at least times the investment in STK where is anon-negative constant.Find the optimal solution to the problem and discuss how thevalue of would affect TradeCo’s best investment decision and annual yield.
Please limit the answer to within two pages.
[Hint: use the graphical method and solve for the optimalsolution in terms of α.] (25 marks)(c) Identify one (1) application of LP in production scheduling,plant layout, or logistics.Please describe the problem and explain why LP is suitable forsolving the problem. You do not need to formulate the problem as an LP or solveit.The word count for part C must be between 350 and 400 words. (60marks)
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