I have an online class that has presented this excel problem i have posted a direct link to the problem with a download link to the excel file.Does anyone know how to solve this problem. I have tried for 3 hours and cant come up with anything. Here is the link to the problem and excel sheet download.
http://www.cohesioncase.com/competit...ntage/AYK.html
I appreciate any help.
Last edited by pike; 01-22-2012 at 03:41 AM.
Hi Jstewart304
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Perhaps a title like "Setting up Solver constraint"?
Alf
Hi Jstewart304
Since the moderator pike has been kind enough to change the title of your post it's now ok to help you.
Still there are forum rules to consider and one of them is "we don't do homework in this forum" so I'm going to try and help you without actual doing your homework.
First of all this is a typical "Solver" problem so you need to set a number of constraints and you need to define your object function (target cell)
Target cell should be set to max since you want to maximize profit.
The constraints are: sum of different kind of beans should be 3 (Hint format this range as binary)
number of bags should be 20 or less (Hint format this range as integer)
from 4 to 8 bags of different beans in each box
max box weight 150 ounces or less
Best of luck in solving your problem.
Alf
I figured it out. Ty
Good!
Was your answer 12 bags with a profit of 40 and total weight 150 ounces? Or did you manage to do better on the profit side?
Alf
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