Basic Linear Programming
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Linear Programming Coursework
Producing Soaps
Problem
A soap workshop produces two kinds of soaps, the Mind Your Beeswax Soap and the Coffee House Scrub. The weekly output is to be planned. The ingredients (for every kg of the soap) of the two kinds are shown in the table below:
Mind Your Beeswax Soap Coffee House Scrub
Ingredient Weight / kg Ingredient Weight / kg
Sweet Almond Oil 2 Grape Seed Oil 0.5
Coconut Butter 1 Coconut Butter 1
Coconut Oil 0.75 Coconut Oil 1
Macadamia Nut Oil 1.5 Palm Kernel Oil 1
Palm Oil 1 Palm Oil 0.5
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 0.8 Double Strength Coffee 1.5
Beeswax 0.5 Sodium Hydroxide 0...