Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section A

Chapter

Linear Programming

Question:

On a chicken farm, the poultry is given a healthy diet to gain weight. The chickens have to consume a minimum of 15 units of Substance A and another 15 units of Substance B. In the market, there are only two classes of compounds: Type X, with a composition of one unit of A to five units of B, and another type, Y, with a composition of five units of A to one of B. The price of Type X is Rs 10 and Type Y is Rs 30. Then which of the following is the correct inequality describing the constraint?

Options:

5x + y \(\geq \) 15

x + 5y \(\geq \) 15

Both the inequalities described above

None of the inequalities described above

Correct Answer:

Both the inequalities described above

Explanation:

 Type X, with a composition of one unit of A to five units of B, and another type, Y, with a composition of five units of A to one of B.