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A wholesale merchant wants to start the business of cereal with Rs 24000 . Wheat is Rs 400 per quintal and rice is Rs 600 per quintal . He has capacity to stroe 200 quintal of cereal . He earns profit of Rs 25 per quintal on wheat and Rs 40 per quintal on rice . If he stroes x quintal rice and y quintal wheat, then for maximum profit the objective function is

A

`25x+40y`

B

`40x + 25y`

C

`400x + 600Y`

D

`(400)/(40)x+(600)/(25)y`

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