Question

Esibu and Dela are in a part-time business manufacturing clock case. Esibu must work 4 hours and Dela 2 hours to complete one case for a grandmother clock. To build one case for a wall clock, Esibu must work 3 hours and Dela 4 hours. Neither partners wish to work more than 20 hours per week. If they receive GHC80.00 for each grandmother clock and GHC64.00 for each wall clock, how many of each should they build each week to maximize their profit?

Answer 1

A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood (or bonnet), which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Until the early 20th century, pendulum clocks were the world's most accurate timekeeping technology, and longcase clocks, due to their superior accuracy,