Doug Turner Food Processors wishes to introduce a new brand of dog biscuits composed of chicken and liver flavored biscuits that meet certain nutritional requirements. The liver flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient A and 2 units of nutrient​ B; the chicken flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient A and 4 units of nutrient B. According to federal​ requirements, there must be at least 40 units of nutrient A and 60 units of nutrient B in a package of the new mix. In​ addition, the company has decided that there can be no more than 16 liver flavored biscuits in a package. It costs 1​¢ to make 1 liver flavored biscuit and 2​¢ to make 1 chicken flavored. Doug wants to determine the optimal product mix for a package of the biscuits to minimize the​ firm's cost.   The aim of the objective function should be to Minimize   the objective value. The optimum solution​ is: Number of liver flavored biscuits in a package​ = nothing ​(round your response to two decimal​ places).

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Doug Turner Food Processors wishes to introduce a new brand of dog biscuits composed of chicken and liver flavored biscuits that meet certain nutritional requirements. The liver flavored biscuits contain
1
unit of nutrient A and
2
units of nutrient​ B; the chicken flavored biscuits contain
1
unit of nutrient A and
4
units of nutrient B. According to federal​ requirements, there must be at least
40
units of nutrient A and
60
units of nutrient B in a package of the new mix. In​ addition, the company has decided that there can be no more than
16
liver flavored biscuits in a package. It costs
1​¢
to make 1 liver flavored biscuit and
2​¢
to make 1 chicken flavored. Doug wants to determine the optimal product mix for a package of the biscuits to minimize the​ firm's cost.
 
The aim of the objective function should be to
Minimize
 
the objective value.
The optimum solution​ is:
Number of liver flavored biscuits in a package​ =
nothing
​(round your response to two decimal​ places).
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