A company wishes to introduce a packaged trail mix as a new product Ingredients: seeds, raisins, flakes, pecans, walnuts, each of which contains some amount of vitamins, minerals, protein, and calories and costs some amount per pound The marketing department has specified that a minimum nutritional profile is met for each bag. What is the minimum production cost if decimals or zero pounds of the ingredients are allowed?

Trail Mix Data grams/pound Seeds Raisins Flakes Pecans Walnuts its (grams Vitamins 10 20 10 30 20 20 Minerals 5 7 4 9 2 10 Protein 4 10 2 1 15 calories/pound minimum calorie requirement Calories 500 450 160 300 500 600 ound ($/lb) 4 5 3 6