The poultry farmer decided to make his own chicken scratch by combining alfalfa and corn in rail car quantities. A rail car of corn costs $400 and a rail car of alfalfa costs $200. The farmer's chickens have a minimum daily requirement of vitamin K (400 milligrams) and iron (500 milligrams), but it doesn't matter whether those elements come from corn, alfalfa, or some other grain. A unit of corn contains 75 milligrams of vitamin K and 150 milligrams of iron. A unit of alfalfa contains 50 milligrams of vitamin K and 250 milligrams of iron. Formulate the linear programming model for this situation and find the optimal solution using graphical methods. Formulate the linear programming model for this situation and find the optimal solution using graphical methods.

The poultry farmer decided to make his own chicken scratch by combining alfalfa and corn in rail car quantities. A rail car of corn costs $400 and a rail car of alfalfa costs $200. The farmer's chickens have a minimum daily requirement of vitamin K (400 milligrams) and iron (500 milligrams), but it doesn't matter whether those elements come from corn, alfalfa, or some other grain. A unit of corn contains 75 milligrams of vitamin K and 150 milligrams of iron. A unit of alfalfa contains 50 milligrams of vitamin K and 250 milligrams of iron. Formulate the linear programming model for this situation and find the optimal solution using graphical methods. Formulate the linear programming model for this situation and find the optimal solution using graphical methods.

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

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