The water-supply manager for a Midwestern city needs to supply the city with at least 11 million gallons of potable (drinkable) water per day. The supply may be drawn from the local reservoir or from a pipeline to an adjacent town. The local reservoir has a maximum daily yield of 5 million gallons of potable water, and the pipeline has a maximum daily yield of 11 million gallons. By contract, the pipeline is required to supply a minimum of 7 million gallons/day. If the cost for 1 million gallons of reservoir water is $300 and that for pipeline water is $400, how much water should the manager get from each source to minimize daily water costs for the city? reservoir million gallons pipeline million gallons What is the minimum daily cost?

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The water-supply manager for a Midwestern city needs to supply the city with at least 11 million gallons of potable (drinkable) water per day. The supply may be drawn from
the local reservoir or from a pipeline to an adjacent town. The local reservoir has a maximum daily yield of 5 million gallons of potable water, and the pipeline has a
maximum daily yield of 11 million gallons. By contract, the pipeline is required to supply a minimum of 7 million gallons/day. If the cost for 1 million gallons of reservoir
water is $300 and that for pipeline water is $400, how much water should the manager get from each source to minimize daily water costs for the city?
reservoir
million gallons
pipeline
million gallons
What is the minimum daily cost?
$
Transcribed Image Text:The water-supply manager for a Midwestern city needs to supply the city with at least 11 million gallons of potable (drinkable) water per day. The supply may be drawn from the local reservoir or from a pipeline to an adjacent town. The local reservoir has a maximum daily yield of 5 million gallons of potable water, and the pipeline has a maximum daily yield of 11 million gallons. By contract, the pipeline is required to supply a minimum of 7 million gallons/day. If the cost for 1 million gallons of reservoir water is $300 and that for pipeline water is $400, how much water should the manager get from each source to minimize daily water costs for the city? reservoir million gallons pipeline million gallons What is the minimum daily cost? $
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