In an herbal medicine manufacturing line, technicians are tasked to produce Moringa (malunggay) capsule supplements. Fresh Moringa is harvested containing 81% moisture. In order to avoid mold formation in the final product, it is desired to reduce its moisture content to only 6% by drying in a convection oven at 40°C for 5 hours. After drying to the desired moisture content, the leaves can then be ground to a fine powder and packaged in individual capsules, each containing 500 mg of powder. a. Calculate how much fresh Moringa is required for the production of 3000 bottles of the supplement, with each bottle containing 100 capsules. b. If fresh Moringa was purchased for Ph 78 per kg, how much should each bottle of Moringa supplement (100 capsules) be sold? Assume that the product cost at this point is based solely on the cost of the raw material, not yet including production costs, labor, and markup
In an herbal medicine manufacturing line, technicians are tasked to produce Moringa (malunggay) capsule supplements. Fresh Moringa is harvested containing 81% moisture. In order to avoid mold formation in the final product, it is desired to reduce its moisture content to only 6% by drying in a convection oven at 40°C for 5 hours. After drying to the desired moisture content, the leaves can then be ground to a fine powder and packaged in individual capsules, each containing 500 mg of powder.
a. Calculate how much fresh Moringa is required for the production of 3000 bottles of the supplement, with each bottle containing 100 capsules.
b. If fresh Moringa was purchased for Ph 78 per kg, how much should each bottle of Moringa supplement (100 capsules) be sold? Assume that the product cost at this point is based solely on the cost of the raw material, not yet including production
costs, labor, and markup.
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