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1. You run a small toy manufacturing company that produces toy cars and toy trains.

To create
these toys, you use plastic and metal. Each toy car requires 2 units of plastic and 1 unit of
metal, while each toy train requires 1 unit of plastic and 2 units of metal.

You have 10 units of plastic and 8 units of metal available. You want to maximize the total
number of toys produced to increase your revenue. However, you also want to ensure that you
produce at least 2 toy trains.

What is the number of toy cars and toy trains that needs to be produced? (1)

2. Rita is a part-time business student who works full time and is socially very active. She
recognizes the challenge of eating a balanced diet and wants to minimize cost while meeting
her basic nutritional requirements. Based on some research, she found that a very active
woman should consume about 2,250 calories per day. According to a particular author’s
guidelines, the following daily nutritional requirements are recommended. (4)

Rita chose a sample of meals in the table below that could be obtained from healthy
quick-service restaurants around town as well as some items that could be purchased at the
grocery store. She does not want to eat the same entrée (first six foods) more than once each
day but does not mind eating breakfast or side items (next five foods) twice a day and protein
powder-based drinks(last food) up to four times a day, for convenience. Develop a linear
optimization model to find the number of servings of each food choice in a daily diet to minimize
cost and meet Rita’s nutritional targets.

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