Tastie Food Company has decided to come up with two variety of tomato sauce – one that is spicy and another that is non-spicy. The variety of sauces are a blend of whole tomatoes, chili sauce and tomato paste. However, the two are blend differently such that they give the required taste. The spicy sauce is a blend of 50 percent whole tomatoes, 40 percent chili sauce and 10 percent of tomato paste. While the non-spicy sauce is a blend of 60 percent of whole tomatoes, 20 percent of chili sauce and 20 percent of tomato paste. Each sauce bottle weighs 250 grams. To produce the two variety of sauce, the management has decided to purchase 300 kilos of whole tomatoes, 120 kilos of chili sauce, and 90 kilos of tomato paste. The profit on each bottle of the sauce to 3.00 SAR and 2.75 SAR. You are supposed to prepare a report with the following details and submit to the management. How much of slack resource will be left unused at the optimal solution?

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Tastie Food Company has decided to come up with two variety of tomato sauce – one that is spicy and another that is non-spicy. The variety of sauces are a blend of whole tomatoes, chili sauce and tomato paste. However, the two are blend differently such that they give the required taste. The spicy sauce is a blend of 50 percent whole tomatoes, 40 percent chili sauce and 10 percent of tomato paste. While the non-spicy sauce is a blend of 60 percent of whole tomatoes, 20 percent of chili sauce and 20 percent of tomato paste. Each sauce bottle weighs 250 grams. To produce the two variety of sauce, the management has decided to purchase 300 kilos of whole tomatoes, 120 kilos of chili sauce, and 90 kilos of tomato paste. The profit on each bottle of the sauce to 3.00 SAR and 2.75 SAR. You are supposed to prepare a report with the following details and submit to the management.

How much of slack resource will be left unused at the optimal solution?

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