Ron B.

asked • 05/12/19

We manufacture fertilizer

We have to put the fertilizer in 50 pound bags. The ingredients are available in limited quantities.


Nitrogen: 6 pounds in fertilizer X and 10 pounds in fertilizer Y. Total number of pounds of nitrogen available = 20000.


Phosphorous: 8 pounds in each bag of X and 6 pounds in Y. Total available 16400 pounds.


Potash: 6 pounds in bag X and 4 pounds in each bag of Y. Total available 12000


The profit on each bag of X is $6. The profit on each bag of Y is $5.


The question: How many bags of each product should we produce to maximize the profit.


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