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A chemist wishes to provide his consumers, at least cost, the minimum daily requirements of two vitamins A, B by using a mixture of two products M and N. The amount of each vitamin in one gram of each product, cost per gram of each product and the minimum daily requirement are given below:

Find the least expensive combination which provides the minimum requirement of the two vitamins.

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1 gm of product M and 3 gms of product N.
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