QUIZ 4
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Prob. 1 (Set up, but do NOT solve the following linear programming problem.) A nutritionist at the Medical Center has been asked to prepare a special diet for certain patients. She has decided that the meals should contain a minimum of 400 mg of calcium, 10 mg of iron, and 40 mg of vitamin C. She has further decided that the meals are to be prepared from foods A and B. Each ounce of food A contains 30 mg of calcium, 1 mg of iron, 2 mg of vitamin C, and 2 mg of cholesterol. Each ounce of food B contains 25 mg of calcium, 0.5 mg of iron, 5 mg of vitamin C, and 5 mg of cholesterol. Find how many ounces of each type of food should be used in a meal so that the cholesterol content is minimized and the minimum requirements of calcium, iron, and vitamin C are met. (DO NOT SOLVE.)
Prob. 2 Minimize the function C= 2x + 5y subject to
