Question: The Corner Coffee Shop blends and sells three basic blends in 1 lb . bags SpecialMountain Dark and Mill RegularIt uses four different types of

The Corner Coffee Shop blends and sells three basic blends in 1 lb. bags SpecialMountain Dark and Mill RegularIt uses four different types of coffee to produce the blends - Brazilian mocha, Colombian and mild . The shop has the following blend recipe requirements : Blend Mix Requirements Selling Price/Pound Special Dark 56.50 At least 40Columbian, at least 30 mocha At least 60% Brazilian, no more than 10% mild No more than 60mild , at least 305.253.75 The cost of Brazilian coffee is $2.00 per lb.the cost of mocha is $2.75 per lb.the cost of Colombian is $2.00 per lb.and the cost of mild is $1.75 per lb. The shop has 110 lbs. of Brazilian coffee, 70 lbsof mocha, 80 lbs of Colombian and 150 lbs. of mild coffee available each week. The shop wants to know the amount of each blend Special Dark, and to prepare each week to maximize profit. The linear programming model for this problem isas follows: X ||=lbs. of coffee used in blend per week, where i = b (Brazilian ), o (Mocha), c ( Colombian ) m (mild), and j = s ( special), d (dark), and r (regular)

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