GulfOil Company (GOC) can buy two types of crude oil: light oil at $49/barrel and heavy oil $45/barrel. When a barrel of oil is refined it yields gasoline, jet fuel, and kerosene in the quantities, shown in the table (in terms of barrel of output per barrel of input). GOC has promised to deliver at least 800,000 barrels of gasoline, 900,000 barrels of jet fuel and 850,000 barrels of kerosene. a) Write a Linear Programming (LP) formulation that keeps promises and minimizes total oil purchase cost. Assume oil can be purchased in fractions. b) Find and state the optimal solution. c) Compare additional cost of delivering one more barrel of Jet Fuel vs that of Kerosene?
GulfOil Company (GOC) can buy two types of crude oil: light oil at $49/barrel and heavy oil $45/barrel. When a barrel of oil is refined it yields gasoline, jet fuel, and kerosene in the quantities, shown in the table (in terms of barrel of output per barrel of input). GOC has promised to deliver at least 800,000 barrels of gasoline, 900,000 barrels of jet fuel and 850,000 barrels of kerosene.
a) Write a Linear Programming (LP) formulation that keeps promises and minimizes total oil purchase cost. Assume oil can be purchased in fractions.
b) Find and state the optimal solution.
c) Compare additional cost of delivering one more barrel of Jet Fuel vs that of Kerosene?
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