28. An oil company has two depots, A and B, with capacities of 7000 L and 4000 L, respectively. The company has to supply oil to three petrol pumps, D, E and F, whose requirements are 4500L, 3000L and 3500L, respectively. The distances (in km) between the depots and the petrol pumps are given in the following table:

Distance in (km)

From/To

A

B

D

7

3

E

6

4

F

3

2

Q7. An oil company has two depots, A and B, with capacities of 7000 L and 4000 L, respectively. The company has to supply oil to three petrol pumps, D, E and F, whose requirements are 4500L, 3000L and 3500L, respectively. The distances (in km) between the depots and the petrol pumps are given in the following table:

Distance in (km)

From/To

A

B

D

7

3

E

6

4

F

3

2

Assuming that the transportation cost of 10 litres of oil is ?. 1 per km, how should the delivery be scheduled in order that the transportation cost is minimum? What is the minimum cost?

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Let x and y litres of oil be supplied from A to the petrol pumps, D and E. So, (7000xy) will be supplied from A to petrol pump F.

The requirement at petrol pump D is 4500 L. Since x L are transported from depot A, the remaining (4500 – x) L will be transported from petrol pump B.

Similarly ,(3000y)Land3500(7000xy)=(x+y3500) L will be transpor

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