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AlwaysRain Irrigation, Inc., would like to determine capacityrequirements for the next four years. Currently two productionlines are in place for making bronze and plastic sprinklers. Threetypes of sprinklers are available in both bronze and plastic:90-degree nozzle sprinklers, 180-degree nozzle sprinklers, and360-degree nozzle sprinklers. Management has forecast demand forthe next four years as follows:

	YEARLY DEMAND
	1 (IN 000s)	2 (IN 000s)	3 (IN 000s)	4 (IN 000s)
Plastic 90	31		40		52		53
Plastic 180	14		16		17		14
Plastic 360	52		52		63		65
Bronze 90	6		6		5		15
Bronze 180	2		2		5		13
Bronze 360	10		12		11		22

Both production lines can produce all the different types ofnozzles. The bronze machines needed for the bronze sprinklersrequire three operators and can produce up to 18,000 sprinklers.The plastic injection molding machine needed for the plasticsprinklers requires four operators and can produce up to 300,000sprinklers. Three bronze machines and only one injection moldingmachine are available.

What are the capacity requirements for the next four years?(Assume that there is no learning.) (Enter the demandvalues in thousands. Round your answers to 2 decimalplaces.)

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Plastic
Demand for plastic sprinklers
Percentage of capacity used		%		%		%		%
Machine requirements
Labor requirements
Bronze
Demand for bronze sprinklers
Percentage of capacity used		%		%		%		%
Machine requirements
Labor requirements