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I have a total of rs 1000. Item A costs rs 110,item B costs rs 90, item C costs rs 70 ,item D costs rs 40 and item E costs rs 45. For every item D that i purchase, I must also buy only 2 items of B. For every item A, I must buy one item of C. For every item E, I must also buy 2 of item D and one of item B. For every item purchased I earn 1000 points and for every rupee not spent I earn a penalty of 1500 points. My objective is to maximise the points I earn. What is the number of items that I purchase to maximise my points?
options....
a) 13 b)14 c)15 d)16
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priyank mehta (12 years ago)

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priyank mehta  (12 years ago)

Answer is 14.
To purchase highest thing u have to purchase lowest cost things.now d=40 if we purchase 3d+6b+a+c+c+b=13 things.
E=45 is not possible because e+2d+4b+b=575 is not compenset .
Now c=70 purchase 13c+b=910+90=1000 for 14 things. So u have to purchase 13c+b=14 things.

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