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A patient takes vitamin pills. Each day he must have at least 300
IU of vitamin A, 3 mg of vitamin B1, and 60 mg of vitamin C. He can choose between pill 1, which contains 180 IU of vitamin A, 1 mg of vitamin B1, and 10 mg of vitamin C, and pill 2, which contains 60 IU of vitamin A, 1 mg of vitamin B1, and 40 mg of vitamin C. Pill 1 costs

25¢, and pill 2 costs 50¢. Complete parts a and b below.

a. How many of each pill should he buy in order to minimize his cost? What is the minimum cost?

He should buy nothing of pill 1 and nothing of pill 2. The minimum cost is $ nothing.

(Simplify your answers. Type integers or decimals.)

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