Question: oh please help me with these problems? Im so confused and it was due yesterday! A garden shop wishes to supply of special fertilizer at
oh please help me with these problems? Im so confused and it was due yesterday!
| A garden shop wishes to supply of special fertilizer at a minimal cost by mixing two fertilizers, A and B. | |||||||||
| The mixture is to contain: | |||||||||
| *at least 45 units of phosphate | |||||||||
| *at least 36 units of nitrate | |||||||||
| *at least 40 units of ammonium | |||||||||
| *fertilizer A costs the shop $.97 per pound. | |||||||||
| *fertilizer B costs the shop $1.89 per pound. | |||||||||
| *fertilizer A contains 5 units of phosphate and 2 units of nitrate and 2 units of ammonium. | |||||||||
| *fertilizer B contains 3 units of phosphate and 3 units of nitrate and 5 units of ammonium. | |||||||||
| How many pounds of each fertilizer should the shop use in order to minimize their cost? |
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