1. A cheese factory is making a new cheese from mixing two products A and B, each made ofthree different types of milk - sheep, cow and goat milk. The compositions of A and Band prices ($/kg) are given as follows,Amount (litres) per 1000 kg of A and BSheep Cow Goat Cost ($/kg)A XXXXXXXXXXB XXXXXXXXXXThe recipes for the production of the new cheese require that there must be at least 45litres Cow milk and at least 50 litres of Goat milk per 1000 kg of the cheeserespectively, but no more than 60 litres of Sheep milk per 1000 kg of cheese.The factory needs to produce at least 60 kg of cheese per week.a) Explain why a linear programming model would be suitable for this case study.
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