Formulate the mix problem for each product separately. What are the minimum cost solutions? Would the formulation
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- Formulate the mix problem for each product separately. What are the minimum cost solutions?
- Would the formulation differ if all three products were included together?
- Solve the combined problem. then add the 80-ton meat meal constraint and solve again.
- What would Smith's options be if he could purchase as much meat meal as needed at $365 per ton?
Discussion questions to address once you have used Solver for the assigned problems above:
- Does the optimization provide any information that would be helpful in planning ingredient purchases?
- How might the feed formulator incorporate ingredient inventories into the formulation problem?
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Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 978-0321696724
12th edition
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
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