Hence, the optimal
mixing strategy for the dietician would be to mix 2 kg of Food ‘I’ and 4 kg of Food ‘II’,
and with this strategy, the minimum cost of the mixture will be Rs 380 Example 7 (Allocation problem) A cooperative society of farmers has 50 hectare
of land to grow two crops X and Y The profit from crops X and Y per hectare are
estimated as Rs 10,500 and Rs 9,000 respectively To control weeds, a liquid herbicide
has to be used for crops X and Y at rates of 20 litres and 10 litres per hectare