A Meat Packing Store Produces a Dog Food Mixture That

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Essay

A meat packing store produces a dog food mixture that is sold to pet retail outlets in bags of 10 pounds each.The food mixture contains the ingredients turkey and beef.The cost per pound of each of these ingredients is as follows:

Each bag must contain at least 5 pounds of turkey.Moreover,the ratio of turkey to beef must be at least 2 to 1.What is the optimal mixture of the ingredients that will minimize total cost?

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