LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL Minimize Z = $3x1 + $5x2 x1 + x2 = 1,000 X1 2 500 x2 2 200 x1 - 2x22 0 x1 x2 2 0 The model given above demonstrates that Moore's Meatpacking Company opts to minimize its cost. However, the company must maintain the minimum requirements of 500lbs of chicken (second constraint) and 200lbs of beef (third constraint). It is also significant to consider that each batch must consist of 1,000 pounds of mixture (first constraint) and that proportion of chicken to beef is 2:1 (fourth constraint). Lastly, the final restriction to consider is that the mixture of ingredients must be either zero or a positive value because it is impossible to produce negative value (fifth constraint)