Question: # 1. formulate the following problem as a linear program but do not solve. My diet requires that all the food i eat come from
# 1. formulate the following problem as a linear program but do not solve.
My diet requires that all the food i eat come from one of the four "basic food group" ( chocolate cake, ice cream, soda, and cheese cake). At present , the following four foods are available for consumption: brownies, chocolate ice cream, cola, and pineapple cheesecake. Each brownie costs 50c, each scoop of chocolate ice cream costs 20c , each bottle of cola costs 30c , and each piece of pineapple cheesecake costs 80c.Each day i must ingest at least 500 calories , 6oz of chocolate, 10oz of sugar , and 8oz of fat. The nutritional content per unit of each food is shown in the following table .
formulate a linear programming model that can be used to satisfy my daily nutritional requirements at minimum cost
| Type of food | Calories | chocolate(ounces) | sugar(ounces) | fat (ounces) |
| Brownie | 400 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| chocolate ice cream(1 scoop) | 200 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| cola (1 bottle) | 150 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| pine cheesecake (1 piece) | 500 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
there are three model that are presented in the text book i.e Allocation models , Covering models and Blending models
source; chapter 9 of business Analytics the art of modeling with spreadsheet / fifth edition
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