A wholesale merchant wants to start the business of cereal with $₹ 24000$. Wheat is $₹ 400$ per quintal and rice is $₹ 600$ per quintal. He has capacity to store 200 quintal cereal. He earns the profit $₹ 25$ per quintal on wheat and ₹ 40 per quintal on rice. If he store $\mathrm{x}$ quintal rice and y quintal wheat, then for maximum profit the objective function is

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A wholesale merchant wants to start the business of cereal with $₹ 24000$. Wheat is $₹ 400$ per quintal and rice is $₹ 600$ per quintal. He has capacity to store 200 quintal cereal. He earns the profit $₹ 25$ per quintal on wheat and ₹ 40 per quintal on rice. If he store $\mathrm{x}$ quintal rice and y quintal wheat, then for maximum profit the objective function is, $25 x+40 y$, $40 x+25 y$, $400 \mathrm{x}+600 \mathrm{y}$, $\frac{400}{40} \mathrm{x}+\frac{600}{25} \mathrm{y}$

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For maximum profit, $z=40 x+25 y$.

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