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. A food processing company makes meatloaf to be sold in the frozen food section of super-markets. For each batch made, at least 300 pounds of pork and 100 pounds of hamburger are required. No more than 200 pounds of wheat filler can be used per batch, and the amount of corn filler has to range between 50 and 150 pounds. Moreover, each batch must contain at least 500 pounds of meat and no more than 200 pounds of filler. Each week, the recipe used changes based on the current cost of ingredients. The company wants to minimize the cost of each batch. Ingredients and current costs are as shown below: Ingredient Cost/pound pork $2.87 hamburger $1.63 wheat filler $0.22 corn filler $0.16
a. What are decision variables? What is the objective function for this problem? b. What are the constraints? c. Solve the problem using Excel Solver or LP Solve. How many pounds of each ingredient should be used in each batch to minimize cost? d. What is the cost of the batch?