HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF CONTINUING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

DEPARTEMENT OF MANAGEMENT

MATHEMATICS FOR MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

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QUESTION: Assume that ELFORA Meat processing and packing unit produces mixtures in
1000-pound batches. The mixture contains two ingredients: chicken and beef. The cost per
pound of each of these ingredients is as follows:

Ingredient Cost per

pound
Chicken 3 birr
Beef 5 birr
Assume further that each batch has the following recipe requirements;

A. At least 500 pounds of chicken

B. At least 200 pounds of beef
The ratio of chicken to beef must be at least 2 to 1. The company wants to know the
optimal mixture of ingredients that will minimize cost.
Required;
1. Formulate the linear programming model for this problem
2. Solve the problem by the graphical and simplex approach
3. What will be the optimal solution values for the decision variables and the objective
function?