19. A diet is to contain at least 80 units of vitamin A and 100 units of minerals. Two foods F1 and F2 are available. Food F1 costs ?. 4 per unit food and F2 costs ?. 6 per unit. One unit of food F1 contains 3 units of vitamin A and 4 units of minerals. One unit of food F2 contains 6 units of vitamin A and 3 units of minerals. Formulate this as a linear programming problem. Find the minimum cost for diet that consists of mixture of these two foods and also meets the minimal nutritional requirements.
19. A diet is to contain at least 80 units of vitamin A and 100 units of minerals. Two foods F1 and F2 are available. Food F1 costs ?. 4 per unit food and F2 costs ?. 6 per unit. One unit of food F1 contains 3 units of vitamin A and 4 units of minerals. One unit of food F2 contains 6 units of vitamin A and 3 units of minerals. Formulate this as a linear programming problem. Find the minimum cost for diet that consists of mixture of these two foods and also meets the minimal nutritional requirements.
Let the diet contain x units of food F1 and y units of food F2. Therefore,
x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0
The given information can be complied in a table as follows.
| Vitamin A (units) | Mineral (units) | Cost per unit (Rs) |
Food F1 (x) | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Food F2 (y) | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Requirement | 80 | 100 |
|
The cost of food F1 is Rs 4 per unit and of Food F2 is ? 6 per unit. Therefore, the constraints are
The mathematical formulation of the given problem i
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