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A farmer mixes two brands P and Q of cattle feed. Brand P, costing Rs 250 per bag, contains 3 units of nutritional element A, 2.5 units of element B and 2 units of element C. Brand Q costing Rs 200 per bag contains 1.5 units of nutritional element A, 11.25 units of element B and 3 units of element C. The minimum requirements of nutrients A,B and C are 18 units, 45 units and 24 units respectively. Determine the number of bags of each brand which should be mixed in order to produce a mixture having a minimum cost per bag? What is the minimum cost of the mixture per bag?

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  8. Maximize Z=x+2y subject to : x+yge5, xge0,yge0

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  9. Maximize Z=4x+y subject to : x+yle50, x,yge0

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  10. What is optimum solution?

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  11. What is objective function?

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  12. What is feasible region?

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  13. What is feasible solution?

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  14. What is optimal solution?

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  16. If P (A) = 1/2 , P(B) = 0 then P (A|B) is :

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  20. The maximum value of Z=3x+4y subject to the contraints : x+yle4, xge0,...

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