Alaboratory technician in a medical research center is asked toformulate a diet from two commercially packaged foods, food A andfood B, for a group of animals. Each ounce of food A contains 8units of fat, 16 units of carbohydrate, and 2 units of protein.Each ounce of food B contains 4 units of fat, 32 units ofcarbohydrate, and 8 units of protein. The minimum dailyrequirements are 176 units of fat, 1024 units of carbohydrate, and384 units of protein. If food A costs 5 cent per ounce and food Bcosts 5 cents per ounce, how many ounces of each food should beused to meet the minimum daily requirements at the least cost? Whatis the cost for this amount of food?
