In: Mechanical Engineering
An aerospace company is developing a new fuel additive for commercial airliners.The additive is composed of three ingredients:X,Y, andZ. For peak perfor-mance, the total amount of additive must be at least 6 mL/L of fuel. For safetyreasons, the sum of the highly flammableYandZingredients must not exceed2.5 mL/L. In addition, for the additive to work, the amount ofZmust be greaterthan or equal to twice the amount ofY, and the amount ofXmust be greaterthan or equal to three quarters of the amount ofY. If the cost per mL for theingredientsX,YandZis 20 cents, 3 cents, and 5 cents, respectively, use MSexcel to determine the minimum cost of the additive mixture for each liter of fuel.