A transportation company needed to purchase some aircraft based on the data in the
Large Plane
table to the right. The company was faced with the following constraints. Hourly operating Cost $1120 per hour
Payload 42,000 pounds 6000 pounds
Small Plane
$400 per hour
cost
was limited to $22,400, total payload had to be at least 462,000 pounds, and only 15 large planes were available. How many of each kind of aircraft should the
company have purchased to maximize the number of aircraft?
The company should have purchased
large planes and small planes.