1. A peasant in Zimbabwe has 1000 acres of land. She is going to plant
each acre with tomatoes zucchini or wheat. Each acre planted with tomatoes yields a $2000 profit; each with zucchini yields $2500 profit; and each with
wheat yields $3200 profit. She has 100 workers and 150 tons of fertilizer. The table below shows the requirement per acre of each of the crops. Assuming a
linear relationship use Excel Solver to determine the optimal planting mix of tomatoes zucchini and wheat to maximize her profits. Make sure you do a
sensitivity analysis using the examples provided in class.
TOMATOES
ZUCCHINI
WHEAT
Labor (workers)
0.1
0.3
0.2
Fertilizer (tons)
0.2
0.1
0.4