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BPP ACCA Revision Kit pg 35 no 111

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 4 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • October 29, 2020 at 7:23 pm #593473
    nirvana25
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    I understood how I got the $1.50 however could not understand ‘the next 38,000 direct labour hours’

    October 30, 2020 at 9:13 am #593503
    John Moffat
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    The shadow price is $1.50 because each extra hour of labour they get will mean they can produce an extra 0.25 units of Y.

    However once the have enough labour to produce 12,000 units of Y (together with the 10,000 units of X) they will not want to buy any more labour because the demand for Y is only 12,000 units. At that level of production they will be using 98,000 hours which is 38,000 hours more than is currently available.

    October 31, 2020 at 8:45 am #593613
    nirvana25
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    still cannot understand how did you get to 98,000 hours (that is the 38,000 hours extra)

    October 31, 2020 at 11:10 am #593643
    John Moffat
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    You know from the labour constraint given in the question that each unit of X takes 5 hours, and each unit of Y takes 4 hours.

    If they produce 10,000 units of X and 12,000 units of Y (for the reasons I have already explained). then the total labour hours is 98,000.

    Have you watched my lectures on linear programming?

    October 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm #593673
    nirvana25
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    Now I understand I will have a look again at the lectures

    November 1, 2020 at 8:36 am #593711
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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