TRUE OR FALSE The canteen manager at Premier Textiles is trying to determine a nutritional diet for the firms employees. He wants to use a combination of beans and tofu in the meals he serves. His objective is to minimize cost while meeting the minimum nutritional requirements of protein, calcium, and calories. The cost per pound of beans is $0.90 and cost per pound of tofu is $1.50. Beans contains 15 units of calcium per pound, 10 units of protein per pound and 3 units of calories per pound. Tofu contains 6 units of calcium per pound, 10 units of protein per pound and 9 units of calories per pound. The minimum daily requirement is 30 units of calcium per pound, 40 units of protein per pound, and 18 units of calories per pound. The firms production analyst formulated a linear programming model, used the isocost line/corner point solution method, and found that the canteen manager will minimize daily total cost at $5.40 when he purchases 3 pounds of beans, and 1 pound of tofu daily.

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