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A
laboratory technician in a medical research center is asked to
formulate a diet from two...
A
laboratory technician in a medical research center is asked to
formulate a diet from two commercially packaged foods, food A and
food B, for a group of animals. Each ounce of food A contains 8
units of fat, 16 units of carbohydrate, and 2 units of protein.
Each ounce of food B contains 4 units of fat, 32 units of
carbohydrate, and 8 units of protein. The minimum daily
requirements are 176 units of fat, 1024 units of carbohydrate, and
384 units of protein. If food A costs 5 cent per ounce and food B
costs 5 cents per ounce, how many ounces of each food should be
used to meet the minimum daily requirements at the least cost? What
is the cost for this amount of food?