document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181446>Question 1181446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ``PLEASE HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS FOLLOWING QUESTION by SOLVER TOOL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We consider a farmer who has a total of 500 acres of land available<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for growing wheat, corn and sugar beets. We denote by x1; x2; x3 the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount of acres of land devoted to wheat, corn and sugar beets, respectively.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The planting costs per acre are $ 150, $ 230, and $ 260 for wheat, corn<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and sugar beets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The farmer needs at least 200 tons (T) of wheat and 240 T of corn for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cattle feed which can be grown on the farm or bought from a wholesaler.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We refer to y1; y2 as the amount of wheat resp. corn (in tons) purchased<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from a wholesaler. The purchase prices of wheat resp. corn per ton are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$ 238 for wheat and $ 210 for corn.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The amount of wheat and corn produced in excess will be sold at prices<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of $ 170 per ton for wheat and $ 150 per ton for corn. For sugar beets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there is a quota on production which is 6000 T for the farmer. Any<BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount of sugar beets up to the quota can be sold at $ 36 per ton, the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount in excess of the quota is limited to $ 10 per ton. We denote by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w1 and w2 the amount in tons of wheat resp. corn sold and by w3; w4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the amount of sugar beets sold at the favorable price and the reduced<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price, respectively.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The farmer knows that the average yield on his land is 2.5 T, 3.0 T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 20.0 T per acre for wheat, corn and sugar beets.''.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) \"PLEASE HELP ME TO SOLVE THIS FOLLOWING QUESTION by SOLVER TOOL.\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"SOLVER TOOL\" is apparently something you have access to; we don't.  It is nonsense to ask us to solve a problem using a tool we don't have.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) Even if we had \"SOLVER TOOL\", we would not be able to help you -- because your statement of the problem contains a mountain of information... but nowhere is there any indication of what we are supposed to do with it.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you want help with your problems, submit posts that are sensible....<br><BR>\n" );
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