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A commanding officer (CO) has been tasked to move the battalion outinto the field for a major exercise.
The CO has been informed that only a maximum of
vehicles is allowed, each to be used for a single round trip.
There are two types of vehicles available to the CO, a Mack vehicle that can carry
m
3
and a Mercedes vehicle that can carry
m
3
.
The Mack vehicle is estimated to use
L of fuel on a round trip, whereas the Mercedes vehicle will only use
L of fuel per round trip.
The battalion has a total of
L of fuel available. The vehicles will require maintenance after each round trip;
each Mack vehicle requires
h and each Mercedes
h. The maintenance squadron has
h available.
The problem information is summarized as shown in the following table.
Single round trip
Types of vehicle
Used fuel (L)
Maintenance (h)
Load carrying ability (m3)
Mack
$50$
$3$
$24$
Mercedes
$25$
$9$
$16$
Available resources
$4000$
$720$
To move a maximum amount of cubic meters, what mix of Mack and Mercedes vehicles should the CO choose?
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