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(Diet problem): A dietician wishes to mix two types of foods in such a way that vitamin contents of the mixture contain atleast 8 units of vitamin A and 10 units of vitamin C. Food 'I' contains 2 units/kg. of vitamin A and 1 unit/kg. of vitamin C. Food 'II' contains 1 unit/kg. of vitamin A and 2 units/kg of vitamin C. It costs Rs. 50 per kg. to purchase Food 'I' and Rs. 70 per kg. to purchase Food 'II'. Formulate this problem as a linear programming problem to minimise the cost of such a mixture.

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ANSWER :The minimum value of Z is 380 attained at the point (2, 4). Hence the optimal mixing strategy for thedietician WOULD be to mix 2 kg of food 'I' and 4 kg of food 'II' and with this the minimum cost of the mixture will be RS. 380


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