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.
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.
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:
Subject to the constraints,
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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