24. A dietician wishes to mix together two kinds of food, X and Y, in such a way that the mixture contains at least 10 units of vitamin A, 12 units of vitamin B and 8 units of vitamin C. The vitamin contents of one kg of food are given below:

Food

Vitamin A

Vitamin B

Vitamin C

X

1

2

3

Y

2

2

1

One kg of food X costs ?. 16, and one kg of food Y costs ?. 20. Find the least cost of the mixture which will produce the required diet.

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Let the mixture contain x kg of food X and y kg of food Y, respectively.

The mathematical formulation of the given problem can be written as given below:

Minimisez=16x+20y..(i)

Subject to the constraints,

x+2y10.(ii)

x+y6(iii)

3x+y8.(iv)


x,y0(v)

The feasible region determined by the system of constraints is given below:

A (10, 0), B (2, 4), C (1, 5) and D (0, 8) are

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