As a meat producer, you typically make hamburger from beef and pork. Ground beef has 80% meat and 20% fat, while ground pork has 65% meet and 35% fat. The costs are $2.75 per kg and $1.75 per kg respectively. If one want to minimize the cost , how much of each kind of meat should be used to make 1 kilogram of hamburger, if the fat content cannot exceed 25%.

As a meat producer, you typically make hamburger from beef and pork. Ground beef has 80% meat and 20% fat, while ground pork has 65% meet and 35% fat. The costs are $2.75 per kg and $1.75 per kg respectively. If one want to minimize the cost , how much of each kind of meat should be used to make 1 kilogram of hamburger, if the fat content cannot exceed 25%.

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

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