A nut packager has on hand 100 kg of peanuts, 50 kg of cashew nuts and 70 kg macademian nuts. He can sell 2 kinds of misture of these nuts, a cheap mix is of 1 peanut, 7 cashew nuts, and 3 macadamian nuts and a party mix is of 5 peanuts, at P3 per kg and cheap mix at 5 per kg. How many kils of each should he make in order to maximaze the amount he can obtain? Formulate the linear program

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A nut packager has on hand 100 kg of peanuts, 50 kg of cashew nuts and 70 kg macademian nuts. He can sell 2 kinds of misture of these nuts, a cheap mix is of 1 peanut, 7 cashew nuts, and 3 macadamian nuts and a party mix is of 5 peanuts, at P3 per kg and cheap mix at 5 per kg. How many kils of each should he make in order to maximaze the amount he can obtain?

Formulate the linear program.

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