As a dietician, formulate a model to determine the least-cost meal that meets all the daily nutritional requirements.

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For every gallon of milk, kilogram of cheese, and pound of apples provides a known number of milligrams of protein and vitamins A, B, and C. The table below includes the minimum daily requirements of the nutritional ingredients as well as the minimum amount of each food that should be included in the meal and its cost.

 

MILK

(mg/gal)

CHEESE

(mg/kg)

APPLES

(mg/lb)

MINIMUM DAILY

REQUIREMENTS (mg)

Protein

40

70

50

100

Vitamin A

14

100

300

70

Vitamin B

10

60

400

60

Vitamin C

10

100

600

100

Minimum amount

0.15 gal

0.15 Kg.

0.10 lb.

 

Unit cost (P)

350

300

90

 

As a dietician, formulate a model to determine the least-cost meal that meets all the daily nutritional requirements.

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