A quarry uses five types of rocks to fulfill four orders


(Using excel) A quarry uses five types of rocks to fulfill four orders. The gypsum content, availability of each type of rock, and the production cost per pound for each rock, as well as the size of each order and the minimum and maximum gypsum percentage in each order, are given below.

Rock type-------Cost-------% gypsum-------Amount

1-------------------$1.00-----------2.0%-----------500

2-------------------$5.00-----------5.0%-----------600

3-------------------$5.50-----------4.5%-----------700

4-------------------$2.00-----------3.0%-----------400

5-------------------$1.20-----------6.0%-----------450

Order No.--------------------1----------2----------3---------4

Order Size------------------500------600------500------350

Min % gypsum-----------3.5%-----3.8%-----4.0%-----3.6%

Max % gypsum----------4.4%-----4.6%-----4.7%-----4.8%

What is the cheapest way to fill the orders?

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