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Doug Turner Food Processors wishes to introduce a new brand of dog biscuits composed of chicken and liver flavored biscuits that meet certain nutritional requirements.
The liver flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient A and 2 units of nutrient B; the chicken flavored biscuits contain 1 unit of nutrient
A and 4 units of nutrients B. According to federal requirements, there must be at least 40 units of nutrient
A and 60 units of nutrient B in a package of the new mix. In addition, the company has decided that there can be no more than 14 liver flavored biscuits in a package.
It costs $.01 to make 2 liver flavored biscuit and $.02 to make 1 chicken flavored. Doug wants to determine the optimal product mix for a package of the biscuits to minimize the firm's cost.
The aim of the objective function should be to [maximize/minimize?] the objective value.
The optimum solution is:
Number of liver flavored biscuits in a package = ?
Number of chicken flavored biscuits in a package = ?
Optimal solution value = ?
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