Question: A New Office Plant ( 1 0 % ) As the new VP of Supply Chain for a large corporation, you have been given a

A New Office Plant(10%)
As the new VP of Supply Chain for a large corporation, you have been given a nice
corner office, with large windows and a view of the river. To celebrate this good news,
your spouse has made a special gift to you: a potted specimen of Pirripirri patchiflora,
an exotic plant from Tasmania that flowers only once a year and smells vaguely like
asparagus.
To stay alive, the Pirripirri plant requires a specific combination of nutrients dissolved in
its watering solution every day. Your spouse, who is very keen on this plant's health,
has explained that its daily watering solution requires between 1800 mg and 2200 mg of
Nitrogen, and exactly 100mg of Potassium.
Your spouse has been kind enough to send you the link to three products that you can
buy online, which you can dissolve in the daily watering solution for the Pirripirri:
Product #1 has 360 mg of Nitrogen and 30 mg of Potasium per gram, and costs
1.59 cents per gram.
Product #2 has 380 mg of Nitrogen and 20 mg of Potasium per gram, and costs
2.19 cents gram.
Product #3 has 310 mg of Nitrogen and 20 mg of Potasium per gram, and costs
2.99 cents per gram.
You intend to spend as little as possible on these products, while meeting the nutritional
requirements of the plant.
Part 1
You want to figure out how many grams of each product you should buy in order to
minimize the daily cost of keeping the Pirripirri alive. (Please enter your answer in
grams, with two decimals, with no weight unit. For example, if your answer is 1.2345
grams, enter 1.23 in the space.)
1.1 Grams of Product 1? :
1.2 Grams of Product 2? :
1.3 Grams of Product 3?:
Part 2: Maintenance Costs for the Plant
2.1 What is the minimum cost, in cents per day, to keep the plant properly nourished? (Please
enter your answer with two decimals, with no unit. For example, if your answer is 1.2345 cents,
enter 1.23 in the space.)
2.2 How many mg of Nitrogen would your solution provide to the plant every day? (Please round
your answer to integer number)

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