Slim-Down Manufacturing makes a line of nutritionally complete, weight-reduction beverages. One of theirproducts is a strawberry shake which is designed to be a complete meal. The strawberry shake consists of severalingredients. Some information about each of these ingredients is given below.CaloriesTotalVitaminCaloriesContent(per tbsp)(mg/tbsp)5020100012080IngredientStrawberry flavoringCreamVitamin supplementArtificial sweetenerThickening agentfrom fat(per tbsp)175003005002Thickeners(mg/tbsp)381225Cost(c/tbsp)10825156The nutritional requirements are as follows. The beverage must total between 380 and 420 calories (inclusive).No more than 20% of the total calories should come from fat. There must be at least 50 milligrams (mg) ofvitamin content. For taste reasons, there must be at least two tablespoons (tbsp) of strawberry flavoring for eachtbsp of artificial sweetener. Finally, to maintain proper thickness, there must be exactly 15 mg of thickeners inthe beverage.Management would like to select the quantity of each ingredient for the beverage which would minimizecost while meeting the above requirements.Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.

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