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12th ICSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A furniture firm manufactures chairs and tables, each requiring the use of three machines A, B and C. Production of one chair requires 2 hours on machine A, 1 hour on machine B and 1 hour on machine C. Each table requires 1 hour each on machine A and B and 3 hours on machine C. The profit obtained by selling one chair is 30 while by selling one table is 60. The total time available per week on machine A is 70 hours, on machine B is 40 hours and on machine C is 90 hours. How many chairs and tables should be made per week so as to maximise the profit?

Formulate the problem as L.P.P. and solve it graphically.

Important Questions on Linear Programming

MEDIUM
12th ICSE
IMPORTANT

Suppose every gram of wheat provides 0.1 g of proteins and 0.25 g of carbohydrates, and the corresponding values for rice are 0.05 g and 0.5 g respectively. Wheat costs 20 and rice 30 per kilogram. The minimum daily requirement of an average man for proteins and carbohydrates is 50 g and 200 g respectively. In what quantities should wheat and rice be mixed in the daily diet to provide the minimum daily requirements of proteins and carbohydrates at minimum cost? What is the minimum cost?

MEDIUM
12th ICSE
IMPORTANT

To maintain one's health, a person must fulfil certain minimum daily requirements for the following three nutrients-calcium, protein and calories. His diet consists of only food items I and II whose prices and nutrient contents are shown below :
 

  Food I
₹ 6 per unit
Food II
₹ 10 per unit
Minimum daily
requirement
Calcium 10 4 20
Protein 5 5 20
Calories 2 6 12


Find the combination of food items so that the cost may be minimum. 

MEDIUM
12th ICSE
IMPORTANT

Two godowns A and B have a grain storage capacity of 100 quintals and 50 quintals respectively. They supply to 3 ration shops D, E and F, whose requirements are 60, 50 and 40 quintals respectively. The costs of transportation per quintal from the godowns to the shops are given in the following table:

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How should the supplies be transported in order that the transportation cost is minimum? What is the minimum cost?