Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from A to C cost Rs. 77, but three tickets from A to B and two tickets from A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A?
Every gram of wheat provides $0.1$ gram of proteins and $0.25$ gram of carbohydrates.
The corresponding values of rice are $0.05$ gram and $0.5$ gram respectively.
The minimum daily requirements of proteins and carbohydrates for an average child are $50$ gram and $200$ gram respectively.
Then in what quantities wheat and rice be mixed in daily diet to provide minimum daily requirement of proteins and carbohydrates at minimum cost?
Solution:
Corner points by solving the constraints:
$(0,5),\ (3,0),\ \left(\frac{1}{2},\frac{5}{2}\right)$
Now compute $Z = 7x + y$:
At $(0,5): Z = 5$
At $(3,0): Z = 21$
At $\left(\frac{1}{2},\frac{5}{2}\right): Z = \frac{7}{2} + \frac{5}{2} = 6$
Minimum $Z = 5$ at $(0,5)$