Let's take a look at the following problem carefully. We are going to formulate the pieces needed to solve a linear problem on paper and then use Excel to find the answer.

Problem: Imagine that you work for a company that sells baseball bats and you get the following request. The company wants to make a certain number of wooden bats and metal bats. The total number of bats that we want to make is 50 but we can make fewer if needed. We do have a requirement to make at least 25 bats. It costs the company $10 to make wooden bats and $20 to make metal bats. The total budget that we have to work with amounts to $1,000. We also have to make the bats quickly as we need to have them ready for sale in 48 hours or less. It takes 1 hour to make a wooden bat and 2 hours to make a metal bat. The company can sell the wooden bats at $15 each and the metal bats at $40 each. Your job is to find how many wooden and metal bats to make in order to maximize profits for...