What Combination of X and Y Will Provide a Minimum

question 42

Multiple Choice

What combination of x and y will provide a minimum for this problem?
Maximize Z = $3x + $15y
Subject to:
2x + 4y ? 12
5x + 2y ? 10

• A) x = 0, y = 0
• B) x = 0, y = 3
• C) x = 0, y = 5
• D) x = 1, y = 2.5
• E) x = 6, y = 0

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Definitions:

Phototropic Response

the growth or movement of a plant organ toward or away from light, as a response to its direction.

Phytochrome

A blue-green, proteinaceous pigment involved in a wide variety of physiological responses to light; occurs in two interconvertible forms, Pr (red-absorbing phytochrome) and Pfr (far-red-absorbing phytochrome).

Bolting

The production of a tall flower stalk by a plant that grows vegetatively as a rosette (growth habit with a short stem and a circular cluster of leaves).

Gibberellins

A group of plant hormones that regulate growth and influence various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, and flowering.