The Big Bang Explosives Company Produces Customized Blasting Compounds for Use

Essay

The Big Bang explosives company produces customized blasting compounds for use in the mining industry. The two ingredients for these explosives are agent A and agent B. Big Bang just received an order for 1400 pounds of explosive. Agent A costs $5 per pound and agent B costs $6 per pound. The customer's mixture must contain at least 20% agent A and at least 50% agent B. The company wants to provide the least expensive mixture which will satisfy the customers requirements.
a.Formulate the LP model for this problem.
b.Solve the problem using the graphical method.