EXAMPLE 1.6 Drink Co.

, a company manufactures a health drink called "Taste and

Strength". They use five ingredients wheat, milk, nuts, spices and other cereals. They are
particular about the amount of starch, carbohydrates and fat contents of the drink. The
amount of starch, carbohydrates and starch from ingredient i per kg is a 1, 42 and a 3,
respectively. They require a lower and upper limit of land u, of starch, carbohydrates and
fat contents. The cost per kg of ingredienti is C. Formulate a linear programming problem
to minimize the cost of production of the health drink
EXAMPLE 1.7 Acid Co., a chemical engineering company manufactures two types of
acids A and B. Both of these involve two chemical operations for each. Each unit of Acid A
requires 3 hours on Operation 1 and 4 hours on Operation 2. Each unit of Acid B requires
3 hours on Operation 1 and 2 hours on Operation 2. Available time for Operation 1 is 20
hours and for Operation 2, 18 hours. The production of B also results in a by-product Cat
no extra cost. A part of this by-product can be sold at a profit, but the remainder has to be
destroyed

Acid A sells for P, rupees profit per unit while Acid B sells for P2 rupees profit per
unit. The by-product C can be sold at a unit profit of Pz rupees, and all the unsold
quantity must be destroyed, the destruction cost is P4 rupees per unit. Forecasts
by sales department show that a maximum of K units of C can be sold; n units of C
result for every unit of B produced.

Formulate a linear programme to determine the production quantities of A and B,

keeping C in mind, so that the total profits will be maximized.

EXAMPLE 1.8 M/s. Fertilizer and Co. manufactures two products that
give rise to effluents containing two pollutants. The details are
tabulated in Table 1.4.

The production manager can use an anti-pollution device to keep the

pollution within the prescribed limits. The device can reduce the two
pollutants by ui% and by u2%, respectively when used. It also costs Rs. r to
use the device per litre of either of the products.
4.Thick and Drink, a coffee shop, provides three types of coffee (strong,
medium and light) to its customers in various outlets. They use three
varieties of coffee beans to make the three types of coffee blends from
which the types of coffee are provided. Although the recipes for the three
types are not fully precise, certain restrictions must be satisfied when
combining the three varieties of beans: Component 1 should constitute not
more than 20% of final Blend 1 by weight Component 2 should constitute at
least 30% of Blend 3 by weight. Components 2 and 3 combined should
constitute at least 70% of Blend 2 by weight. In addition to these restrictions,
there is limited availability of the three varieties. The maximum weekly
availability is 8000, 10,000 and 9000 kg, respectively. Weekly capacity of the
plant is 25,000 kg. To satisfy the needs of a nearby office customer, weekly
production of Blend I should be at least 5000 kg Given that the three
varieties cost the manufacturer Rs. 120, Rs. 130 and Rs. 110 per kg and the
coffee sold using the blends yield Rs. 300, Rs. 320 and Rs. 280 per kg, find
the number of kg of each variety to be used in each type so that it maximizes
the final profit.

5. A cotton shirt company has introduced a new brand called "Ultimate comfort"
that it sells through retail outlets. The company has the capacity to produce P shirts
per week. The demand from retail outlets is D. The total demand being higher than
the capacity, the company engages a subcontractor who can make the same shirt
and sends the subcontractor made shirt to the retail outlet only after it passes the
strict quality control of the company. Let us call the two types as Type A shirt and
Type B shirt, respectively. The company wants to be fair to its retail outlets and
therefore, wants to ensure that they get their proportionate share of Type A shirts.
They find it difficult to give the exact proportion and, therefore, would like to give to
every retailer between 90% and 110% of their proportional share of Type A shirts.
The subcontractor can produce only amount of Type B shirts every week. The
company incurs a penalty of C for every unfulfilled demand of retailery, after taking
into account Type B shirts. Each Type A shirts costs Rs. R to produce and each
Type B shirt costs Rs. S including for production by the subcontractor and quality
check. Formulate a linear programming problem for the cost minimization for the
cotton shirt company.