Holiday Meal Turkey Ranch is considering buying two different types of Turkey feed. Each feed contains, in varying proportions some of all of the three nutritional ingredients essential for fattening turkeys. Brand Y feed costs the ranch $0.02 per pound. Brand Z costs 0.03 $ per pound. The rancher would like to determine the lowest cost diet that meets the minimum monthly intake requirement for each nutritional ingredient. The following table contains relevant information about the composition of brand Y and brand Z feeds, as well as the minimum monthly requirement for each nutritional ingredient per turkey. Ingredient A B C Cost/lb 5 oz 4 oz 0.5 oz $0.02 Brand Y Feed Composition of each pound of Feed Brand Z Feed 10 oz 3 oz 0 $0.03 Minimum Monthly Requirement 90 oz 48 oz 1.5 oz
Holiday Meal Turkey Ranch is considering buying two different types of Turkey feed. Each feed contains, in varying proportions some of all of the three nutritional ingredients essential for fattening turkeys. Brand Y feed costs the ranch $0.02 per pound. Brand Z costs 0.03 $ per pound. The rancher would like to determine the lowest cost diet that meets the minimum monthly intake requirement for each nutritional ingredient. The following table contains relevant information about the composition of brand Y and brand Z feeds, as well as the minimum monthly requirement for each nutritional ingredient per turkey. Ingredient A B C Cost/lb 5 oz 4 oz 0.5 oz $0.02 Brand Y Feed Composition of each pound of Feed Brand Z Feed 10 oz 3 oz 0 $0.03 Minimum Monthly Requirement 90 oz 48 oz 1.5 oz
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![Holiday Meal Turkey Ranch is considering buying two different types of Turkey feed. Each feed contains, in
varying proportions some of all of the three nutritional ingredients essential for fattening turkeys.
Brand Y feed costs the ranch $0.02 per pound. Brand Z costs 0.03 $ per pound. The rancher would like to
determine the lowest cost diet that meets the minimum monthly intake requirement for each nutritional
ingredient. The following table contains relevant information about the composition of brand Y and brand Z
feeds, as well as the minimum monthly requirement for each nutritional ingredient per turkey.
Ingredient
A
B
C
Cost/lb
5 oz
4 oz
0.5 oz
$0.02
Brand Y
Feed
Composition of each pound of Feed
Brand Z
Feed
10 oz
3 oz
0
$ 0.03
Minimum Monthly
Requirement
90 oz
48 oz
1.5 oz](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F083b3a30-aeda-4635-ab40-6ff1e9841986%2F9a102891-bd27-4b48-ae0a-6bb8164ec771%2F77eb6cs_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Holiday Meal Turkey Ranch is considering buying two different types of Turkey feed. Each feed contains, in
varying proportions some of all of the three nutritional ingredients essential for fattening turkeys.
Brand Y feed costs the ranch $0.02 per pound. Brand Z costs 0.03 $ per pound. The rancher would like to
determine the lowest cost diet that meets the minimum monthly intake requirement for each nutritional
ingredient. The following table contains relevant information about the composition of brand Y and brand Z
feeds, as well as the minimum monthly requirement for each nutritional ingredient per turkey.
Ingredient
A
B
C
Cost/lb
5 oz
4 oz
0.5 oz
$0.02
Brand Y
Feed
Composition of each pound of Feed
Brand Z
Feed
10 oz
3 oz
0
$ 0.03
Minimum Monthly
Requirement
90 oz
48 oz
1.5 oz
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Q2.1. The optimal solution is
A) (X,= 5, X,= 4.8) 8) (X,= 8.4, X,= 4.8) C) (X,= 18, X,= 4) D) (X, 10, X,= 14) E) (X, 11, X,= 1.14)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F083b3a30-aeda-4635-ab40-6ff1e9841986%2F9a102891-bd27-4b48-ae0a-6bb8164ec771%2Fxciya07_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Select One Right Answer
Q2.1. The optimal solution is
A) (X,= 5, X,= 4.8) 8) (X,= 8.4, X,= 4.8) C) (X,= 18, X,= 4) D) (X, 10, X,= 14) E) (X, 11, X,= 1.14)
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