Diet Preparation Mr. Jones needs to supplement his diet with at least 50 mg of calcium
Chapter 5, Problem 33(choose chapter or problem)
Diet Preparation Mr. Jones needs to supplement his diet with at least 50 mg of calcium and 8 mg of iron daily. The minerals are available in two types of vitamin pills, P and Q. Pill P contains 5 mg of calcium and 2 mg of iron, while pill Q contains 10 mg of calcium and 1 mg of iron. If each pill P costs 3 cents and each pill Q costs 4 cents, how could Mr. Jones minimize the cost of adding the minerals to his diet? (a) Formulate a linear programming problem that models the problem. Be sure to identify all variables used. (b) Solve the linear programming problem. (c) Analyze the solution.
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