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3 The Sweet Smell Fertilizer Company markets bags of manure labeled "not less than 60 pounds dry weight" The packaged manure is a combination of compost and sewage wastes. To provide good-quality fertilizer, each bag should contain at least 30 pounds of compost but no more than 40 pounds of sewage Each pound of compost costs Sweet Smell 5 cents and each pound of sewage costs 4 cents   Use a graphical LP method to determine the least cost blend of compost and sewage in each bag

3 The Sweet Smell Fertilizer Company markets bags of manure labeled "not less than 60 pounds dry weight" The packaged manure is a combination of compost and sewage wastes. To provide good-quality fertilizer, each bag should contain at least 30 pounds of compost but no more than 40 pounds of sewage Each pound of compost costs Sweet Smell 5 cents and each pound of sewage costs 4 cents   Use a graphical LP method to determine the least cost blend of compost and sewage in each bag

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3 The Sweet Smell Fertilizer Company markets bags of manure labeled "not less than 60 pounds dry weight" The packaged manure is a combination of compost and sewage wastes. To provide good-quality fertilizer, each bag should contain at least 30 pounds of compost but no more than 40 pounds of sewage Each pound of compost costs Sweet Smell 5 cents and each pound of sewage costs 4 cents

 

Use a graphical LP method to determine the least cost blend of compost and sewage in each bag

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