Answer :

Answer:

  9

Step-by-step explanation:

You want the minimum value of objective function C=6x+3y, given the constraints x>1, y≥1, 4x+2y<32, and 2x+8y<56.

Minimum

The objective function has positive coefficients for both x and y, so it will be minimized when x and y are at their minimum values. The constraints tell you these minimum values are x=1 and y=1, so the minimum value of C is ...

  C = 6(1) +3(1) = 9

The minimum value of C is 9.

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Additional comment

The value of x cannot actually be 1, so the value of C cannot actually be 9. However x may be arbitrarily close to 1, so C may be arbitrarily close to 9.

  C = 6x +3y   ⇒   x = (C -3y)/6

The x-constraint requires ...

  x > 1

  (C -3y)/6 > 1

  C -3y > 6 . . . . . . multiply by 6

  C > 6 +3y . . . . . . add 3y

The minimum value of y is exactly 1, so we have ...

  C > 6 +3(1)

  C > 9

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