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A company manufactures bicycles and tricycles each of which must be processed through machines A and B. Machine A has maximum of 120 hours available and machine B has maximum of 180 hours available. Manufacturing a bicycle requires 6 hours on machine A and 3 hours on machine B. Manufacturing a tricycle requires 4 hours on machine A and 10 hours on machine B. If profits are Rs. 180 for a bicycle and Rs. 220 for a tricycle, formulate and solve the L.P.P. to determine the number of bicycles and tricycles that should be manufactured in order to maximize the profit.

Important Questions on Linear Programming

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A factory produces two types of chemicals A and B . The following table gives the units of ingredients P and Q (per kg) of chemicals A and B as well as minimum requirements of P and Q and also cost per kg of chemicals A and B.

 Chemical  (in units)  Chemicalin units A  B Minimumrequirements Ingradient P (per kg) 1280 Ingradient Q (per kg) 3175 cost (in ₹) 46

Find the number of units of chemicals A and B should be produced so as to minimise the cost.

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A company produces mixers and food processors. Profit on selling one mixer and one food processor is 2000 and3000 respectively. Both the products are processed through three machines A, B, C. The time required in hours by each product and total time available in hours per week on each machine are as follows.

 Machine  Mixer  Food  processor  Available  time A3336 B5250C2660

How many mixers and food processors should be produced in order to maximize the profit?

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A chemical company produces a chemical containing three basic elements A,B,C so that it has at least 16 liters of A,24 liters of B and 18 liters of C. This chemical is made by mixing two compounds I and II. Each unit of compound I has 4 liters of A,12 liters of B,2 liters of C. Each unit of compound II has 2 liters of A,2 liters of B and 6 liters of C. The cost per unit of compound I is Rs.800/- and that of compound II is Rs.640/-. Formulate the problem as L.P.P. and solve it to minimize the cost.
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A person makes two types of gift items A and B  requiring the services of a cutter and a finisher. Gift item A requires 4 hours of cutter's time and 2 hours of finisher's time. Gift item B requires 2 hours of cutter's time and 4 hours of finisher's time. The cutter and finisher have 208 hours and 152 hours available time respectively every month. The profit on one gift item of type A is 75 and on the gift item of type B is 125. Assuming that the person can sell all the gift items produced, determine how many gift items of each type should he make every month to obtain the best returns?
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A firm manufactures two prođucts A and B on which profit earned per unit Rs.3/- and Rs.4/- respectively. Each product is processed on two machines M1 and M2. The product A requires one minute of processing time on M1 and two minute of processing time on M2,B requires one minute of processing time on M1 and one minute of processing time on M2. Machine M1 is available for use for 450 minutes while M2 is available for 600 minutes during any working day. Find the number of units of product A and B to be manufactured to get the maximum profit.
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A firm manufacturing two types of electrical items A and B, can make a profit of Rs.20 /- per unit of A and Rs.30/- per unit of B. Both A and B make use of two essential components a motor and a transformer. Each unit of A requires 3 motors and 2 transformers and each units of B requires 2 motors and 4 transformers. The total supply of components per month is restricted to 210 motors and 300 transformers. How many units of A and B should the manufacture per month to maximize profit? How much is the maximum profit?