Question: Using Microsoft Excel with the Solver application, determine the optimal levels of the seven products that minimizes cost. Open the worksheet in Excel, create formulas
Using Microsoft Excel with the Solver application, determine the optimal levels of the seven products that minimizes cost. Open the worksheet in Excel, create formulas as necessary, and use the Solver to determine the optimal levels for each product. The quantity of products must be in whole numbers integers
This problem was contributed by Dr Rick Wilson of Oklahoma State University.
The recent drought has hit farmers hard. Cows are eating candy corn! You are interested in creating a feed plan for the next week for your cattle using the following seven nontraditional feeding products: Chocolate Lucky Charms cereal, Butterfinger bars, Milk Duds, vanilla ice cream, Capn Crunch cereal, candy corn because the real corn is all dead and Chips Ahoy cookies.
The table has rows and columns. The column headings are as follows. Blank, Choc Lucky Charms, Butterfinger, Milk Duds, vanilla icecream, Cap'n Crunch, Candy Corn, and Chips Ahoy. The row values are as follows. Row Dollars per pound, Row Choc, YES, YES, YES, NO NO NO YES. Row Protein, Row T D N Row Calcium,
Their per pound cost is shown, as is the protein units per pound they contribute, the total digestible nutrients TDN they contribute per pound, and the calcium units per pound.
You estimate that the total amount of nontraditional feeding products contributes the following amount of nutrients:
This problem was contributed by Dr Rick Wilson of Oklahoma State University.
The recent drought has hit farmers hard. Cows are eating candy corn! You are interested
in creating a feed plan for the next week for your cattle using the following seven
nontraditional feeding products: Chocolate Lucky Charms cereal, Butterfinger bars, Milk
Duds, vanilla ice cream, Cap'n Crunch cereal, candy corn because the real corn is all
dead and Chips Ahoy cookies.
Their per pound cost is shown, as is the protein units per pound they contribute, the total
digestible nutrients TDN they contribute per pound, and the calcium units per pound.
You estimate that the total amount of nontraditional feeding products contributes the
following amount of nutrients: at least units of protein, at least units of
TDN at least but no more than units of calcium.
There are some other miscellaneous requirements as well.
The chocolate in your overall feed plan in pounds cannot exceed the amount of
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