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Chap 12 : Linear Programming

Important Questions for Board Exams
Board Weightage 6 Marks (Chap 12)

1. A cottage industry manufacturer pedestal lamps and wooden shades,

each requiring the use of a grinding/cutting machine and a sprayer. It
takes 2 hours on grinding/cutting machine and 3 hours on the sprayer to
manufacture a pedestal lamp. It takes 1 hour on the grinding/cutting
machine and 2 hours on the sprayer to manufacture a shade. On any day,
the sprayer is available for at the most 20 hours and the grinding/cutting
machine for at the most 12 hours. The profit from the sale of a lamp is
Rs.5 and that from a shade is Rs.3. Assuming that the manufacturer can
sell all the lamps and shades that he produces, how should he schedule
his daily production in order to maximize his profit?
2. Solve the following linear programming problem graphically :
Maximize Z = 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎𝒚
Subject to the constraints
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒚 ≤ 𝟐𝟒𝟎
𝟔𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 ≤ 𝟐𝟒𝟎
𝒙 ≥ 𝟏𝟎
𝒙 ≥ 𝟎, 𝒚 ≥ 𝟎

3. A factory makes tennis rackets and cricket bats. A tennis racket takes 1.5
hours of machine time and 3 hours of craftsman’s time in its making

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while a cricket bat takes 3 hours of machine time and 1 hours of

craftsman’s time. In a day, the factory has the availability of not more
than 42 hours of machine time and 24 hours of craftsman’s time. If the
profit on a racket and on a bat is Rs.20 and Rs.10 respectively, find the
number of tennis rackets and cricket bats that the factory must
manufacture to earn the maximum profit. Make it as an LPP and solve
graphically.
4. There are two types of fertilizers ‘A’ and ‘B’. ‘A’ consists of 12% nitrogen
and 5% Phosphoric acid. ‘B’ consists of 4% nitrogen and 5% Phosphoric
acid. After testing the soil conditions, farmer finds that he needs at least
12 kg of nitrogen and 12 kg of Phosphoric acid for his crops. If ‘A’ costs
Rs.10 per kg and ‘B’ costs Rs.8 per kg, then graphically determine how
much of each type of fertilizer should be used so that nutrient
requirements are at a minimum cost.
5. A dietician wishes to mix two types of foods in such a way that a vitamin
contents of the mixture contains at least 8 units of vitamin A and 10
units of vitamin C. Food I contains 2 units/kg of Vitamin A and 1 units/kg
of vitamin C while Food II contains 1 unit/kg of vitamin A and 2 units/kg
of vitamin C. It costs Rs.5 per kg to purchase Food I and Rs.7 per kg to
purchase Food II. Determine the minimum cost of such a mixture.
Formulate the above as a LPP and solve graphically.
6. An aeroplane can carry a maximum of 200 passengers. A profit of
Rs.1000 is made on each executive class ticket and a profit of Rs.600 is
made on each economy class ticket. The airline reserves at least 20 seats
for the executive class. However, at least 4 times as many passengers

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prefer to travel by economy class, than by the executive class. Determine

how many tickets of each type must be sold, in order to maximize profit
for the airline. What is the maximum profit? Make an LPP and solve it
graphically.
7. One kind of cake requires 200 g of flour and 25 g of fat, and another kind
of cake requires 100 g of flour and 50 g of fat. Find the maximum number
of cakes which can be made from 5 kg of four and 1 kg of fat assuming
that there is no shortage of the other ingredients used in making the
cakes. Formulate the above as an LPP and solve it graphically.
8. (Transportation problem) There are two factories located one at place P
and the other at place Q. From these locations, a certain commodity is to
be delivered to each of the three depots situated at A, B and C. The
weekly requirements of the depots are respectively 5, 5 and 4 units of
the commodity while the production capacity of the factories at P and Q
are respectively 8 and 6 units. The cost of transportation per unit is given
below:

How many units should be transported from each factory to each depot
in order that the transportation cost is minimum? What will be the
minimum transportation cost?

9. A company manufactures three kinds of calculators : A, B and C in its two

factories I and II. The company has got an order for manufacturing at
least 6400 calculators of kind A, 4000 of kind B and 4800 of kind C.
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The daily output of factory I is 50 calculators of kind A, 50 calculators of

kind B and 30 calculators of kind C. The daily output of factory II is 40
calculators of kind A, 20 calculators of kind B and 40 calculators of kind C.
The cost per day to run factory I is Rs.12000 and of factory II is Rs.15000.
How many days do the two factories have to be in operation to produce
the order with the minimum cost?
Formulate the problem as an LPP and solve it graphically.
10. A library has to accommodate two different types of books on a
shelf. The books are 6 cm and 4 cm thick and weight 1 kg and 1 kg each,
respectively. The shelf is 96 cm long and at most can support a weight of
21 kg. How should the shelf be filled with the books of two types in order
to include the greatest number of books? Make it as an LPP and solve it
graphically.

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