The Operations Manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co

Multiple Choice

The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co.produces two beers: Lite (L) and Dark (D) .Two of his resources are constrained: production time,which is limited to 8 hours (480 minutes) per day; and malt extract (one of his ingredients) ,of which he can get only 675 gallons each day.To produce a keg of Lite beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of malt extract,while each keg of Dark beer needs 4 minutes of time and 3 gallons of malt extract.Profits for Lite beer are $3.00 per keg,and profits for Dark beer are $2.00 per keg.For the production combination of 135 Lite and 0 Dark,which resource is "slack" (not fully used) ?

A) Time (only)
B) Malt extract (only)
C) Both time and malt extract
D) Neither time nor malt extract
E) Cannot be determined exactly