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8. Pro wants to buy two thousand units of share P and share Q in total while keeping the cost to the minimum. Each share P costs $30 and each share Q costs $80. As per strategy, Pro must buy at least 100 units of each share, and number of Share P must be at least twice the number of Share Q.
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Decision Variable:
Xp = Units of Share P
Xq = Units of Share Q
Objective Function:
Minimize Cost (Z) = 30*Xp + 80*Xq
Constrains:
C1: Xp + Xq = 2000
C2: Xp >= 100
C3: Xq >=100
C4:Xp >=2*Xq
Xp - 2*Xq >=0
Xp, Xq >=0 (integers)
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