Manufacturing problems In these problems, we determine the number of units
of different products which should be produced and sold by a firm
when each product requires a fixed manpower, machine hours, labour hour per
unit of product, warehouse space per unit of the output etc , in order to make
maximum profit 2 Diet problems In these problems, we determine the amount of different kinds
of constituents/nutrients which should be included in a diet so as to minimise the
cost of the desired diet such that it contains a certain minimum amount of each
constituent/nutrients