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A wholesale merchant wants to start the business of cereal with RS24000. Wheat is RS400 per quintal and rice is RS=600 per quintal. He has the capacity to store 200 quintal cereal. He earns the profit of RS25 per quintal on wheat and RS40 per quintal on rice. If he stores x quintal rice and y quintal wheat, then maximum profit of the objective function is


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25x+40y

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40x+25y

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C

400x+600y

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40040x+60025y=

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Solution

The correct option is B

40x+25y


Explanation for correct option:

Let, the quantity of the rice is x quintal and wheat is y quintal.

According to question profit: rice per quintal is 40rupees per quintal and for wheat is 25rupees per quintal.

Therefore, Net profit is 40x+25y

Hence, option B is correct.


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