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A small manufacturer produces tables and chairs. Each product must go through three stages of the manufacturing process - assembly, finishing, and inspection. Each table requires 3 hours of assembly, 2 hours of finishing, and 1 hour of inspection. Each chair requires 2 hours of assembly, 2 hours of finishing, and 1 hour of inspection. The profit per table is $120 while the profit per chair is $80. Currently, each week there are 200 hours assembly time available, 180 hours of finishing time, and 40 hours of inspection time. Linear programming is to be used to develop a production schedule. Let us define the decision variables as follows: T = number of tables produced each week C = number of chairs produced each week 1. According to Problem A, which describes a production problem, what would the objective function be?

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