Top-Class Security Agency wants to schedule its security personnel who work either 8-hour shifts or 4-hour shifts. They work 8-hours nonstop or 4-hour nonstop without a break. The personnel who work 8-hour shifts are Officers: they are former FBI or Military personnel and are paid higher wages at $30/hour or $240 per 8-hour day. The personnel who work 4-hour shifts do not have higher level skills of those with the FBI or Military background and thus are paid $20/hour or $80 per 4-hour shift. For any given day, the number of security workers required varies depending on the time of the day. The staffing guidelines require the following minimum number of security personnel including Officers are as shown below.

The beginning time for the shifts is :

The staffing guidelines has an additional restriction at any given time, there must be at least one Officer for every two non-officer type security personnel.

The objective is to minimize daily personnel cost. Formulate the problem as a Linear Program and solve it using xl Solver.

Q1)Write down the complete Linear Program in algebraic form

Q2)Solve it and provide the answer: Write the optimal solution in plain English.

Q3)Provide a picture copy of the xl screen to fit on one page showing the optimal solution.