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Microbucks Computer Company makes two models of computers, the Pomegranate II and the Pomegranate Cassic, at two different factories. The Pomegranate II requires 2 processor chips, 16 memory chips, and 20 vacuum tubes, while the Pomegranate Classic requires 1 processor chip, 4 memory chips, and 40 vacuum tubes. Microbucks has in stock at the beginning of the year 500 processor chips, 5000 memory chips, and 10,000 vacuum tubes at the Pomegranate II factory, and 200 processor chips, 2000 memory chips, and 20,000 vacuum tubes at the Pomegranate Classic factory. Iit manufactures 50 Pomegranate II's and 50 Pomegranate Classics each month.
Besides having the beginning inventory, Microbucks gets shipments of parts every month in the amounts of 100 processor chips, 1000 memory chips, and 3000 vacuum tubes at the Pomegranate II factory, and 50 processor chips, 1000 memory chips, and 2000 vacuum tubes at the Pomegranate Classic factory.
Extracted text: Motorel can supply Microbucks Computer Company at $100 per processor chip, $50 per memory chip, and $10 per vacuum tube, while Intola can supply them at $150 per processor chip, $40 per memory chip, and $15 per vacuum tube. Show these prices per supplier on a matrix S. Using the number of parts per requirement per product in Problem A, apply how matrix multiplication allows you to compute the total cost for parts for each model when parts are bought from the following suppliers with their respective prices - label this as matrix C.