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I happened to be reading through some material on optimization solving techniques and read this problem offered up as an example:
JR
It never ceases to amaze me how someone put together such a completely absurd problem (though the principles may be valid). So ... go ahead ... provide an answer ....A commanding officer (CO) has been tasked to move the battalion out into the field for a major exercise. The CO has been informed that only a maximum of 100 vehicles is allowed, each to be used for a single round trip. There are two types of vehicles available to the CO, a Mack vehicle that can carry 24 m3 and a Mercedes vehicle that can carry 16 m3. The Mack vehicle is estimated to use 50 L of fuel on a round trip, whereas the Mercedes vehicle will only use 25 L of fuel per round trip. The battalion has a total of 4000 L of fuel available. The vehicles will require maintenance after each round trip; each Mack vehicle requires 3 h and each Mercedes 9 h. The maintenance squadron has 720 h available.
To move a maximum amount of cubic meters, what mix of Mack and Mercedes vehicles should the CO choose?
JR