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Tarsands oil make two blends of fuel by mixing three crude oils. The costs and daily availability of the oilds are:

Tarsands oil make two blends of fuel by mixing three crude oils. The costs and daily availability of the oilds are:

               OIL                        COST ($/liter)                                    Amount available

                                                                                                                  (litres)

               A                            0.33                                                       5,000

               B                            0.40                                                       10,000

               C                            0.48                                                       15,000

The requirements of the blends if fuel are:

               Blend 1                                at least 30% of A

                                                               At most 45% of B

                                                               At least 25% of C

               Blend 2                                at most 35% of A

                                                               At least 30% of B

                                                               At most 40% of C

Tarsands sell each litre  of Blend 1 for $1.00 and each litre of Blend 2 for $1.20. Long term contracts require at least 10, 000 litres of each blend to be produced. What should Tarsands do?

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