Q. A wholesale merchant wants to start the business of cereal with Rs 24000. Wheat is Rs 400 per quintal and rice is Rs 600 per quintal. He has capacity to store 200 quintal cereal. He earns the profit Rs 25 per quintal on wheat and Rs 40 per quintal on rice. If he stores $x$ quintal rice and $y$ quintal wheat, then for maximum profit the objective function is
A) $25x + 40y$
B) $40x + 25y$
C) $400x + 600y$
D) $\frac{400}{40}x + \frac{600}{25}y$
Explanation
(b)
For maximum profit $z = 40x + 25y$
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker
Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist
Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.