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Rachael is planting two types of tree in the garden: palm and beech.
Let
x
be the number of palm trees and
y
be the number of beech trees to be planted.
She must grow
at least 10
but
no
more than 80
palm trees.
She must grow
at least 5
but
no more than 40
beech trees.
She cannot grow more than 100 trees in total.
Each palm needs 20 litres of water and each beech needs 60 litres of water each day.
There are 3000 litres of water available each day.
Rachel makes a profit of £2 on each palm tree and £1 on each beech that she plants.
She wishes to maximise her profit. How many of each type of tree should she plant?
P =
x +
y
Enter two points for each constraint line to generate a plot in the window below.
You should choose points which clearly show the region formed by the constraints.
Constraint 1
x
y
Point 1
Point2
Constraint 2
x
y
Point 1
Point2
Constraint 3
x
y
Point 1
Point 2
Constraint 4
x
y
Point 1
Point 2
Constraint 5
x
y
Point 1
Point 2
Constraint 6
x
y
Point 1
Point 2
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Starting with the corner point nearest the origin,
(0, 0)
, enter the corner points in clockwise order:
Give your answers rounded to 2 decinmal places.
Calculate "
P
" based on your
rounded
answers.
Feasible Region Corner Points
x
y
P
Corner Point 1
Corner Point 2
Corner Point 3
Corner Point 4
Corner Point 5
Corner Point 6
The objective function is maximised at corner point number:
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