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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 the capacity to store 200 quintal cereal. He earns the profit of Rs 25 per quintal on wheat and Rs 40 per quintal on rice. If he stores x quintal rice and y quintal wheat, then maximum profit of the objective function is

1) 25x + 40y 2) 40x + 25y 3) 400x + 600y 4) (400 / 40) x + (600 / 25) y Solution: (2) 40x + 25y Let rice be represented by ‘x’ quintals and... View Article