The Flustard is an animal that eats three foods: squerps, fleebs, and blurds. A squerp costs $8 and provides 8 mg (milligrams) of mertle, 9 mg of perkle, and 20 mg of kerple. A fleeb costs $7 and provides 9 mg of mertle, 26 mg of perkle, and 7 mg of kerple. A blurd costs $4 and provides 7 mg of mertle, 6 mg of perkle, and 10 mg of kerple. The Flustard needs at least 0.6 g (grams) of mertle, 1.9 g of perkle, and 1.4 g of kerple every day to live. What's the cheapest way to feed your pet Flustard for one day? Use the variables # squerps # fleebs # blurds

A plant food is made from three chemicals, labeled I, II, and III. In each batch of the plant food, the amounts of chemicals II and III must be in the ratio of 5to 3. The amount of nitrogen must be at least 39 kg. The percent of nitrogen in the three chemicals is 8%,4%,and 5%,respectively. If the three chemicals cost $1.02 $0.86 and $0.66 per kilogram, respectively, how much of each should be used to minimize the cost of producing at least 600 kg of the plant food?

Laura is planning to buy three 5-lb bags of sugar, six 5-lb bags of flour, three 1-gal cartons of milk, and six 1-dozen cartons of large eggs. The prices of these items in three neighborhood supermarkets are as follows. A = Sugar (5-lb bag) $3.15 $2.99 $3.74 B = Flour (5-lb bag) $3.79 $2.89 $2.98 Supermarket I Supermarket II Supermarket III (a) Write a 3 x 4 matrix A to represent the prices (in dollars) of the items in the three supermarkets. Milk (1-gal carton) $2.99 $2.79 $2.89 C = Eggs (1-dozen carton) $3.49 $3.29 $2.99 (b) Write a 4 x 1 matrix B to represent the quantities of sugar, flour, milk, and eggs that Laura plans to purchase in the three supermarkets. (c) Use matrix multiplication to find a matrix C that represents Laura's total outlay (in dollars) at each supermarket.

Hello Dolly, Inc. crafts three styles of dolls: Lexi, Maysy, and Dizzy. Each doll requires sewing time, painting time, and supplies. Sewing machines are available for only 118 hours, only 2805 hours are available for painting, and 390.5 lbs. of supplies are available. Each Lexi doll requires 0.2 hours of sewing, 9 hours of painting, and 0.7 lbs. of supplies. Each Maysy doll requires 0.4 hours of sewing, 10 hours of painting, and uses 0.9 pounds of supplies. Each Dizzy doll requires 0.5 hours of sewing, 7 hours of painting, and 2 pounds of supplies. If the company earns a profit of $145 per Lexi doll, $155 per Maysy doll, and $150 per Dizzy doll, how many of each doll should the company produce to maximize profit? How much profit will result? (Use for the number of Lexi dolls, y for the number of Maysy dolls, and z for the number of Dizzy dolls.) Maximize P = subject to ≤118 ≤2805 <390.5 Enter the solution to the simplex matrix below. If there is no solution enter 'DNE' in the boxes…