Two types of hens are available. Type A costs Rs. 8 per hen and type B Rs. 10 per hen. Type A lays on an average 4 eggs per week and type B 5 eggs per week. Eggs sell at 50 paisa each. The feeding cost of type A hen is Rs 1.5 per week and of type B is Rs.1.9 per week. Maximum of Rs. 180 is to be spent on purchasing hens. 

How many of each type are to be bought to have maximum profit? It is not possible to house more than 20 hens at a time. Solve using simplex method.

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Lets define the decision variables Let x be the number of Type A hens to be boug... View the full answer