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A Farmer Is Planning His Spring Planting Enter the Numbers in the Appropriate Cells of Ranges B12:D12

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A farmer is planning his spring planting. He has 20 acres on which he can plant a combination of Corn, Pumpkins and Beans. He wants to maximize his profit but there is a limited demand for each crop. Each crop also requires fertilizer and irrigation water which are in short supply. There are only 50 acre ft of irrigation available and only 8,000 pounds/acre of fertilizer available. The following table summarizes the data for the problem.
 Crop  Profit per  Acre ($) Yield per  Acre (Ib)  Maximum  Demand (Ib)  Irrigation  (acre ft)  Fertilizer  (pounds/acre)  Corn 2,10021,000200,0002500 Pumpkin 90010,000180,0003400 Beans 1,0503,50080,0001300\begin{array} { l | c c c c c } \text { Crop } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Profit per } \\\text { Acre } ( \$ )\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Yield per } \\\text { Acre (Ib) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Maximum } \\\text { Demand (Ib) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Irrigation } \\\text { (acre ft) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Fertilizer } \\\text { (pounds/acre) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Corn } & 2,100 & 21,000 & 200,000 & 2 & 500 \\\text { Pumpkin } & 900 & 10,000 & 180,000 & 3 & 400 \\\text { Beans } & 1,050 & 3,500 & 80,000 & 1 & 300\end{array} Enter the numbers in the appropriate cells of ranges B12:D12 and E8:F12 in the Excel spreadsheet to solve this problem based on the following formulation.
Let
X1= aces of corn X2= acres of pumpkin X3= acres of beans \begin{array} { l } X _ { 1 } = \text { aces of corn } \\X _ { 2 } = \text { acres of pumpkin } \\X _ { 3 } = \text { acres of beans }\end{array}

MAX: 2100X1+900X2+1050X3\quad 2100 \mathrm { X } _ { 1 } + 900 \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } + 1050 \mathrm { X } _ { 3 }
Subject to: 21X1200\quad 21 X _ { 1 } \leq 200
10X218010 \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } \leq 180
3.5X3803.5 \mathrm { X } _ { 3 } \leq 80
X1+X2+X320\mathrm { X } _ { 1 } + \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } + \mathrm { X } _ { 3 } \leq 20
2X1+3X2+1X3502 \mathrm { X } _ { 1 } + 3 \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } + 1 \mathrm { X } _ { 3 } \leq 50
5X1+4X2+3X3805 \mathrm { X } _ { 1 } + 4 \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } + 3 \mathrm { X } _ { 3 } \leq 80
X1,X2,X30\mathrm { X } _ { 1 } , \mathrm { X } _ { 2 } , \mathrm { X } _ { 3 } \geq 0  A  B  C  D  E  F 1 Farm  Planning  Problem 23 Corn  Pumpkin  Beans 4 Acres to plant  Total Profit: 5 Profit per acre 67 Constraints:  Used  Available 8 Corn demand 9 Pumpkin demand 10 Bean demand 11 Water 12 Fertilizer \begin{array} { | c | l | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline & { \text { A } } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } & \text { E } & \text { F } \\\hline 1 & & \text { Farm } & \text { Planning } & \text { Problem } & & \\\hline 2 & & & & & & \\\hline 3 & & \text { Corn } & \text { Pumpkin } & \text { Beans } & & \\\hline 4 & \text { Acres to plant } & & & & & \text { Total Profit: } \\\hline 5 & \text { Profit per acre } & & & & & \\\hline 6 & & & & & & \\\hline 7 & \text { Constraints: } & & & & \text { Used } & \text { Available } \\\hline 8 & \text { Corn demand } & & & & & \\\hline 9 & \text { Pumpkin demand } & & & & & \\\hline 10 & \text { Bean demand } & & & & & \\\hline 11 & \text { Water } & & & & & \\\hline 12 & \text { Fertilizer } & & & & & \\\hline\end{array}

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