29. A fruit grower can use two types of fertilisers in his garden, brand P and brand Q. The amounts (in kg) of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, and chlorine in a bag of each brand are given in the table, Tests indicate that the garden needs at least 240 kg of phosphoric acid, 270 kg of potash and at most 310 kg of chlorine.
If the grower wants to minimise the amount of nitrogen added to the garden, how many bags of each brand should be used? What is the minimum amount of nitrogen added to the garden?
Kg per Bag
Brand P
Brand Q
Nitrogen
3
3.5
Phosphoric acid
1
2
Potash
3
1.5
Chlorine
1.5
2
29. A fruit grower can use two types of fertilisers in his garden, brand P and brand Q. The amounts (in kg) of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, and chlorine in a bag of each brand are given in the table, Tests indicate that the garden needs at least 240 kg of phosphoric acid, 270 kg of potash and at most 310 kg of chlorine.
If the grower wants to minimise the amount of nitrogen added to the garden, how many bags of each brand should be used? What is the minimum amount of nitrogen added to the garden?
|
Kg per Bag |
||
|
Brand P |
Brand Q |
|
|
Nitrogen |
3 |
3.5 |
|
Phosphoric acid |
1 |
2 |
|
Potash |
3 |
1.5 |
|
Chlorine |
1.5 |
2 |
Let the fruit grower use x bags of brand P and y bags of brand Q, respectively.
The problem can be formulated as given below:
Subject to the constraints,
The feasible region determined by the system of constraints is given below:

A (240, 0), B (140, 50) and C (20, 140) are the corner points of the f
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