Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 142

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Solve the problem.
-The cost for an animal shelter to spay a female cat is $87 and the cost to neuter a male cat is $59. Write an objective function z = f (x, y) that represents the total cost for spaying x female cats and Neutering y male cats.

• A) \(z = 87 x + 59 y\)
• B) \(z = 73 ( x + y )\)
• C) \(z = 59 x + 87 y\)
• D) \(z = 28 ( x + y )\)

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