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GATE ME 1997
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A company rents three warehouses $$A, B$$ and $$C$$ from which they supply bearings to two customers $$P$$ and $$Q.$$ The profit per piece, the annual demands of the customers and the supplies available from the warehouses are shown below:
As the company is not able to meet the demands, it is proposed to replace warehouse $$C$$ with a warehouse rented at $$D$$ whose supply capacity would be $$5000.$$ The expected profit would be Rs.$$6$$ and Rs.$$5$$ per piece distributed to $$P$$ and $$Q$$ respectively. The rental charges for warehouse $$D$$ is Rs.$$5,000$$ per year. Find the increase in the profit of the company after replacing warehouse $$C$$ by $$D.$$
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GATE ME Subjects
Engineering Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Theory of Machines
Engineering Mathematics
Machine Design
Fluid Mechanics
Turbo Machinery
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Production Engineering
Industrial Engineering
General Aptitude