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Farming You operate three farms in Colorado. The acreage and irrigation water available for the three...

Farming

You operate three farms in Colorado. The acreage and irrigation water available for the three farms are shown below:

Water Available

Farm               Acreage          (acre feet)

1                      400                  1500

2                      600                  2000

3                      300                  900

Three crops can be grown. However, the maximum acreage that can be grown of each crop is limited by the amount of appropriate harvesting equipment available. The three crops are described below:

Total

Harvesting     Water                         Expected

Capacity         Requirements            Profit

Crop               (in acres)        (in acre-feet/acre)      (in $/acre)

Milo                700                  6                                  400

Cotton             800                  4                                  300

Wheat              300                  2                                  100

If any combination of crops can be grown on each farm (within the constraints) then what should you plant on each farm? What will the resulting profit be?

Please show and explain using excel

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