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Use the following demand data (1,000s) for the next two questions:
YEAR
1 2 3 4
Product A 500 550 600 650
Product B 200 225 275 300
Currently there are three identical processing machines for producing these products. Each machine can produce 300,000 of product A or 200,000 of product B per year, or some combination of both.
1. What percent of machine capacity is used in year 1?
2. In which year will demand first exceed capacity?
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The solution determines the percent of machine capacity used and solves which year will demand first exceed capacity.
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