Question
A dietician wishes to mix two types of foods in such a way that vitamin contents of the mixture contain at least 8 units of vitamin A and 10 units of vitamin C. Food ′I′ contains 2 units/kg of vitamin A and 1 unit/kg of vitamin C. Food ′II′ contains 1 unit/kg of vitamin A and 2 unit/kg of vitamin C. It costs Rs.50 per kg to purchase Food ′I′ and Rs.70 per kg to purchase Food ′II′. Formulate this problem as a linear programming problem to minimize the cost of such a mixture.