Question

A dietitian needs to purchase food for patients. She can purchase an ounce of

chicken for $0.25 and an ounce of potatoes for $0.03. Let x = the number of

ounces of chicken and y = the number of ounces of potatoes purchased per

patient. Write the objective function that describes the total cost C per patient

per meal.

Answer 1

you can do it by letting c = the number of ounces of chicken pp and p = the number of ounces of potatoes pp.

So: " She can purchase an ounce of chicken for $0.25 and an ounce of potatoes for $0.03"

Which means: \(C = 0.25 c + 0.03 p\)

Pattern match in from there?