Era Business School

PGDM 2013-15- Trimester - II ITDB -ASSIGNMENT -1

Instructions
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Marks -10

Please submit this assignment thru email to hemant.j@ebsmail.in by 23:59:59 hrs on 23 Dec 2013. No assignment will be accepted after given Time & Date

A Diet Problem
How much money (minimum) one must spend on food in order to meet the following diet requirement on every day basis :1. Energy = 2,000 kcal 2. Protein = 50 g 3. Calcium =800 mg The choose six foods that seem to be cheap sources of the nutrients are given as follows :Food Serving size 28 g 100 g 2 large 237 cc 170 g 260 g Energy (kcal) 110 205 160 160 420 260 Protein (g) 4 32 13 8 4 14 Calcium (mg) 2 12 54 285 22 80 Price per serving (Rs) 3 24 13 9 20 19

Oatmeal Chicken Eggs Whole Milk Cherry pie Pork with beans

Servings-per-day limits on all six foods: Food Oatmeal Chicken Eggs Milk Cherry pie Pork with beans Serving Limits at most 4 servings per day at most 3 servings per day at most 2 servings per day at most 8 servings per day at most 2 servings per day at most 2 servings per day

Requirement 1 :- Submit linear programming equations of above problem as word document. Requirement 2 :- Submit the solution in MS EXCEL WORKSHEET using solver.
Note:- Files should be named with your EBS ID e.g. Diet_0131PG001.doc and Diet_0131PG001.xlsx Please use email id given to you with as _______@ebs.ac.in

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