A diet is to contain at least 80 units of vitamin A and 100 units of minerals. Two foods F 1 and F 2 are available. Food F 1 costs Rs 4 per unit food and F 2 costs Rs 6 per unit. One unit of food F 1 contains 3 units of vitamin A and 4 units of minerals. One unit of food F 2 contains 6 units of vitamin A and 3 units of minerals. Formulate this as a linear programming problem. Find the minimum cost for diet that consists of mixture of these two foods and also meets the minimal nutritional requirements?

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1.	A diet is to contain at least 80 units of vitamin A and 100 units of minerals. Two foods F 1 and F 2 are available. Food F 1 costs Rs 4 per unit food and F 2 costs Rs 6 per unit. One unit of food F 1 contains 3 units of vitamin A and 4 units of minerals. One unit of food F 2 contains 6 units of vitamin A and 3 units of minerals. Formulate this as a linear programming problem. Find the minimum cost for diet that consists of mixture of these two foods and also meets the minimal nutritional requirements?
Answer» A diet is to contain at least 80 units of vitamin A and 100 units of minerals. Two foods F 1 and F 2 are available. Food F 1 costs Rs 4 per unit food and F 2 costs Rs 6 per unit. One unit of food F 1 contains 3 units of vitamin A and 4 units of minerals. One unit of food F 2 contains 6 units of vitamin A and 3 units of minerals. Formulate this as a linear programming problem. Find the minimum cost for diet that consists of mixture of these two foods and also meets the minimal nutritional requirements?