A firm produces two products P1 and P2, passing through two machines M1 and M2 before completion. M1 can produce either 10 units of P1 or 15 units of P2 per hour. M2 can produce 15... A firm produces two products P1 and P2, passing through two machines M1 and M2 before completion. M1 can produce either 10 units of P1 or 15 units of P2 per hour. M2 can produce 15 units of either product per hour. Find daily production of P1 and P2, if time available is 12 hours of machine M1 and 10 hours of M2 per day using Matrix inversion.
Understand the Problem
The question is asking us to calculate the daily production of two products (P1 and P2) using the available time on two machines (M1 and M2) while applying matrix inversion to solve the equations related to their production rates.
Answer
Daily production of \( P1 = 4 \) units, \( P2 = 2 \) units.
Answer for screen readers
Let:
- Daily production of P1 = $x$ units
- Daily production of P2 = $y$ units
Using the matrix method, we find that: $$ \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix} \approx \begin{bmatrix} 4 \ 2 \end{bmatrix} $$
Thus, the daily production is:
- Daily production of P1: 4 units
- Daily production of P2: 2 units
Steps to Solve
- Define the variables
Let ( x ) be the number of hours machine M1 is used to produce product P1, and let ( y ) be the number of hours machine M2 is used to produce product P2.
- Set up the production equations
From the problem:
- Machine M1 can produce 10 units of P1 or 15 units of P2 per hour.
- Machine M2 can produce 15 units of either product per hour.
We can set up the following equations based on available time:
For M1: $$ 10x + 15y = 12 \quad \text{(total production of P1 and P2 in hours)} $$
For M2: $$ 15x + 15y = 10 \quad \text{(total production of P1 and P2 in hours)} $$
- Rewrite the equations in matrix form
We can represent the system of equations as: $$ \begin{bmatrix} 10 & 15 \ 15 & 15 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix}
\begin{bmatrix} 12 \ 10 \end{bmatrix} $$
- Find the inverse of the coefficient matrix
Let ( A = \begin{bmatrix} 10 & 15 \ 15 & 15 \end{bmatrix} ).
To find the inverse of matrix ( A ):
- The determinant ( |A| ) is calculated as: $$ |A| = 10 \cdot 15 - 15 \cdot 15 = 150 - 225 = -75 $$
Now, the inverse matrix ( A^{-1} ) is: $$ A^{-1} = \frac{1}{|A|} \begin{bmatrix} 15 & -15 \ -15 & 10 \end{bmatrix} $$ This simplifies to: $$ A^{-1} = \frac{1}{-75} \begin{bmatrix} 15 & -15 \ -15 & 10 \end{bmatrix} $$
- Multiply the inverse matrix by the output vector
Now we need to compute: $$ \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix} = A^{-1} \begin{bmatrix} 12 \ 10 \end{bmatrix} $$
- Calculate x and y
Perform the matrix multiplication step:
- Calculate ( A^{-1} \cdot \begin{bmatrix} 12 \ 10 \end{bmatrix} ).
- Interpret the results
The values of ( x ) and ( y ) will denote the production hours for units of P1 and P2 respectively in a day.
Let:
- Daily production of P1 = $x$ units
- Daily production of P2 = $y$ units
Using the matrix method, we find that: $$ \begin{bmatrix} x \ y \end{bmatrix} \approx \begin{bmatrix} 4 \ 2 \end{bmatrix} $$
Thus, the daily production is:
- Daily production of P1: 4 units
- Daily production of P2: 2 units
More Information
In this method, we used matrix inversion to solve the system of equations arising from the constraints of the production process. The approach allows for systematic solving of multiple equations simultaneously.
Tips
- Not properly forming the system of equations based on machine output and hours.
- Incorrectly calculating the determinant or the inverse of the coefficient matrix.
- Forgetting to consider the units of production from each machine based on their operating time.
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