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June 2025 Linear Programming

Mr. Ndou plans to plant peas and beans in a 5-hectare field, requiring specific amounts of fertilizer and minimum areas for each crop. He must satisfy four inequalities related to area and fertilizer constraints. The maximum profit he can achieve from planting is $185,000 based on the optimal allocation of crops.

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June 2025 Linear Programming

Mr. Ndou plans to plant peas and beans in a 5-hectare field, requiring specific amounts of fertilizer and minimum areas for each crop. He must satisfy four inequalities related to area and fertilizer constraints. The maximum profit he can achieve from planting is $185,000 based on the optimal allocation of crops.

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Mr Ndou wants to plant peas and beans in his 5-hectare field.

Peas need 4 bags of fertilizer per


hectare and beans need 2 bags of fertilizer. He has 16 bags of fertilizer. He needs to plant at
least 1.5 hectares of beans and at least 1 hectare of peas.

a) Taking x to be the area where beans are planted and y to be the area where peas are planted,
write down four inequalities that satisfy the above conditions. [4]
𝑥+𝑦 ≤5
4𝑥 + 2𝑦 ≤ 16
𝑥 ≥ 1.5
𝑦≥1 [4]
b) Answer this part of the question on a sheet of graph paper.
The point (𝑥, 𝑦) represent x hectares of beans and y hectares of peas. Using a scale of 2 cm
to 1 unit on both axes for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 8 , 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 5, draw a graph and indicate clearly by
shading the unwanted region, the region in which (𝑥, 𝑦) must lie. [6]
c) The estimated profit is $30 000 per hectare for beans and 40 000 per hectare for peas.
Calculate the maximum possible profit he can get. [2]
Points Objective Function: P = 30 000(x) + 40 000(y) Maximum Profit
$
(1.5; 3.5) 30 000(1.5) + 40 000(3.5) 185 000
(1.5; 1) 30 000(1.5) + 40 000(1) 85 000
(3; 2) 30 000(3) + 40 000(2) 170 000
(3.5; 1) 30 000(3.5) + 40 000(1) 145 000

The maximum possible profit Mr Ndou can get is $185 000. [2]

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