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A company is developing its weekly production plan. The company produces two products, A and B, which are processed in two departments. Setting up each batch of A requires $60 of labor while setting up a batch of B costs $80. Each unit of A generates a profit of $17 while a unit of B earns a profit of $21. The company can sell all the units it produces. The data for the problem are summarized below. \quad \quad \quad \quad  Hours required by \text { Hours required by }
 Operation  A  B  Hours  Cutting 3448 Welding 2136\begin{array}{lccc}\text { Operation } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { Hours } \\\hline \text { Cutting } & 3 & 4 & 48 \\\text { Welding } & 2 & 1 & 36\end{array}
The decision variables are defined as
Xi = the amount of product i produced
Yi = 1 if Xi > 0 and 0 if Xi = 0
Which of the following constraints creates the link between setting up to produce A's and making some A's for this problem?


A) X1 \le 16Y1
B) X1 -Y1 = 0
C) X1- 18Y1 > 0
D) = if(X1 > 0, Y1 = 1, Y1 = 0)

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