Using Solver (trouble with constraints)

Sarge12

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I am having trouble setting up the constraints within Excel Solver, I am pretty green at using Solver with very limited knowledge other than a couple of YouTube videos showing the basics. Here the problem:

There is a news channel that is trying to fit 4 segments within 20 mins with the lowest cost.

Costs:
Local news cost $300 per min
National news $200 per min
Weather $100 per min
Sports $100 per min

Constraints:
At least 15% of the time total time must go to local news
At least 50% total time must be for both local and National news
Weather must be less than or equal to time spent on sports
Weather must be at least 20% of the available time
Sports must be no longer than the total time of local and national news


Book3 (version 1).xlsb
ABCDEF
1Available time20
2
3
4BroadcastLocal newsNational newsWeatherSportsTotal
5Percentages 0%0%0%0%0%
6total time mins7.003.004.001024.00
7Production cost$300.00$200.00$100.00$100.00
8Total Production cost $2,100.00$600.00$400.00$1,000.00$4,100.00
9
10
11
12Sum of national and local
1310.00
Question 31
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F5:F6,F8F5=SUM(B5:E5)
B8:E8B8=B7*B6
F13F13=SUM(B6:C6)
Named Ranges
NameRefers ToCells
'Question 31 '!solver_lhs1='Question 31 '!$B$6F6, F13, B8
'Question 31 '!solver_lhs2='Question 31 '!$D$6F6, D8
'Question 31 '!solver_lhs3='Question 31 '!$D$6F6, D8
'Question 31 '!solver_lhs4='Question 31 '!$E$6F6, E8
'Question 31 '!solver_rhs2='Question 31 '!$E$6F6, E8
 

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