P).1. write down the decision variables.2. write down the objective function3. write down all constraints.
The american Sausage company (ASC) makes sausages in 1000 pound batches. The ingredients are beef, fillers (including spices) and preservatives. Ingredients costs are as follows: beef costs $2.50 per pound; fillers costs $1.20 per pound and preservatives costs $1.80 per pound. Government regulations require the product to have at least 60% beef, no more than 20% filler and at most 5% preservatives. How ever to maintain freshness, the company must add at least 1% preservatives. The company’s problem is to find the optimal mix of ingredients (in pounds) that minimizes the cost of making a batch, using linear programming (LP).1. write down the decision variables.2. write down the objective function3. write down all constraints.
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