OOCL Logistics has two types of trucks, Type A and Type B.

Type A has a refrigerated capacity of 20

cubic meter and a non-refrigerated capacity of 40 cubic meter. In contrast, Type B has the same overall
volume with equal refrigerated and non-refrigerated stock sections. A grocer must hire trucks to
transport 3000 cubic meter of refrigerated stock and 4000cubic meter of non-refrigerated stock. The cost
per kilometre of Type A is 30, and 40 for Type B. How many trucks of each type should the grocer rent to
achieve the minimum total cost?

a) Choose the unknowns.

x = Type A trucks

y = Type B trucks

b) Write the objective function.

F(x,y) = 30x + 40y

c) Calculate the value of the objective function at each vertex to determine which has the
maximum or minimum values.

The minimum cost is 4,170. To achieve this 51 trucks of Type A and 66 trucks of Type B are
needed.