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    The Kalo Fertilizer Company wants to minimize costs when making a fertilizer that meets minimum requirements. The fertilizer is made using two ingredients that contribute different amounts of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. A linear programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost of ingredients 1 and 2 subject to constraints on the minimum nutrient requirements. The model is solved graphically by plotting the constraint lines and isolines and finding their intersection point, which gives the optimal solution of 4 pounds of ingredient 1 and 2 pounds of ingredient 2, with a minimum total cost of $22.

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    The Kalo Fertilizer Company wants to minimize costs when making a fertilizer that meets minimum requirements. The fertilizer is made using two ingredients that contribute different amounts of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. A linear programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost of ingredients 1 and 2 subject to constraints on the minimum nutrient requirements. The model is solved graphically by plotting the constraint lines and isolines and finding their intersection point, which gives the optimal solution of 4 pounds of ingredient 1 and 2 pounds of ingredient 2, with a minimum total cost of $22.

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    The Kalo Fertilizer Company wants to minimize costs when making a fertilizer that meets minimum requirements. The fertilizer is made using two ingredients that contribute different amounts of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. A linear programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost of ingredients 1 and 2 subject to constraints on the minimum nutrient requirements. The model is solved graphically by plotting the constraint lines and isolines and finding their intersection point, which gives the optimal solution of 4 pounds of ingredient 1 and 2 pounds of ingredient 2, with a minimum total cost of $22.

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    The Kalo Fertilizer Company wants to minimize costs when making a fertilizer that meets minimum requirements. The fertilizer is made using two ingredients that contribute different amounts of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium. A linear programming model is formulated to minimize the total cost of ingredients 1 and 2 subject to constraints on the minimum nutrient requirements. The model is solved graphically by plotting the constraint lines and isolines and finding their intersection point, which gives the optimal solution of 4 pounds of ingredient 1 and 2 pounds of ingredient 2, with a minimum total cost of $22.

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    The document discusses formulating and solving a linear programming model to minimize the cost of ingredients needed to produce a fertilizer that meets certain nutrient requirements.

    The objective is to minimize the total cost (Z) of ingredients 1 and 2, which is represented by the function Z = 3x1 + 5x2, where x1 and x2 are the amounts of each ingredient.

    The decision variables are x1 for the amount of ingredient 1 and x2 for the amount of ingredient 2. The constraints are that the amounts must provide at least 20 oz of nitrogen, 36 oz of phosphate, and 2 oz of potassium. Non-negativity constraints also apply.

    The Kalo Fertilizer Company makes a fertilizer using two chemicals that provide nitrogen, phosphate, and

    potassium. A pound of ingredient 1 contributes 10 ounces of nitrogen and 6 ounces of phosphate, while
    a pound of ingredient 2 contributed 2 ounces of nitrogen, ounces of phosphate, and 1 ounce of
    potassium. Ingredient 1 costs $3 per pound, and ingredient 2 costs $5 per pound. The company wants
    to know how many pounds of each chemical ingredient to put into a bag of fertilizer to meet the
    minimum requirements of 20 ounces of nitrogen, 36 ounces of phosphate, and 2 ounces of potassium
    while minimizing cost.

    1. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem.


    2. Solve this model by using graphical analysis

    Formulate linear programming model:


    Max or Min: z = f(x)
    Decision variables X₁ = chemical amount 1
    Decision variable X₂ = chemical amount 2

    Step 1: Objective function


    3X₁ = cost of ingredient 1
    5X₂ = cost of ingredient 2
    Z = total cost

    Min Z =3x₁ + 5x₂

    Subject to constraints:
    10x₁ + 2x₂ ≥20
    6x₁ + 6x₂ ≥ 36
    X ₂≥ 2

    Non-negative constraints:
    X₁, X₂ ≥ 0

    Objective function:
    Min. Z = 3x₁ + 5x₂

    Step 2: We must assume that all constraints are used as an equation:

    10x₁ + 2x₂ ≥20

    6x₁ + 6x₂ ≥36

    x₂ ≥ 2

    x. coordinated points are: (0,10), (2,0)


    y. coordinated points: (0,6), (6,0)
    z. coordinated points: (2,0)
    Step 3: Iso Profit line

    Plot the graph

    10 A

    6 E

    5 C

    2 H D G

    1 (X) (Y) (Z)

    O B F

    1.2 2.4 3.6 4.8 6

    0.6 1.8 3 4.2 5.4

    Point C intersection (1,5)

    Point G intersection (4,2)

    Objective scores:

    Step 4:

    Point X coordinate (X₁) Y coordinate (X₂) Value of objective


    function (Z)
    O 0 0 0
    A 0 10 50
    B 2 0 6
    C 1 5 28
    D 1.6 2 14.8
    E 0 6 30
    F 6 0 18
    G 4 2 22
    H 0 2 10
    Minimum score= Min Z = 22 at intersection point G (4,2); therefore, the optimum solution is 22.

    The required ingredients for nitrogen are 4 ounces and it requires 2 ounces of phosphate

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