Anutritionist is planning a menu consisting of two main foods A and B. Each ounce of A contains 2units of fat, 1 unit of carbohydrates and 4 units of protein. Each ounce of B contains 3 units of fat,3 unit of carbohydrates and 3 units of protein. The nutritionist wants the meal to provide at least18 units of fat, at least 12 units of carbohydrates and at feast 24 units of protein. Suppose that anounce of A costs 20 cents and an ounce of B costs 25 cents. Let x be the number of ounces of Aand y be the number of ounces of B.(iv) What is the constraint for protein?(v) How many ounces of A andB should be served to minimize the cost of the meal and yetsatisfying the nutritional requirements?(vi) What is the minimum cost?

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