Case Study: Major Bill Bligh

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Major Bill Bligh, director of the Army War College’s new 6-month attaché training program, is concerned about how the 20 officers taking the course spend their time while in his charge. Major Bligh recognizes that there are 168 hours per week and thinks that his students have been using them rather inefficiently. Bligh lets:

X1 = number of hours of sleep needed per week X2 = number of personal hours (eating, personal hygiene, handling laundry, and etc) X3 = number of hours of class and studying X4 = number of hours of social time off base (dating, sports, family visits, etc)

He thinks that students should study 30 hours a week to have time to absorb the material. This is his most important