Question

A firm manufactures pills in two sizes A and B. A contains 2 grains of aspirin, 5 grains of bicarbonate and 1 grains of codeine. B contains 1 grain of aspirin, 8 grains of bicarbonate and 6 grains of aspirin, 74 grains of bicarbonate and 24 grains of codeine for providing immediate effect. It is required to determine the least number of pills a patient should take to get immediate relief. Formulate the problem as a standard LPP and solve it graphically.

14 Feb 2018
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To formulate the problem as a standard Linear Programming Problem (LPP), you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Define the decision variables:
Let's denote the number of pills of size A to be produced as 'x' and the number of pills of size B to be produced as 'y'.

Step 2: Formulate the objective function:
The objective is to minimize the number of pills a patient should take to get immediate relief. In this case, the objective function is the total number of pills, which can be expressed as:
Z = x + y

Step 3: Formulate the

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