Neco Model Questions Vol1 2017 Agricultural Science Question 27
Practice objective / multiple choice question 27 from the 2017 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
An aquaculture pond can hold at most 10,000 kg of live fish biomass at any time and the farmer has 5,000 kg of feed available each month. Tilapia require 1.5 kg of feed per kg of fish growth and sell for ₦200 per kg; catfish require 2.0 kg of feed per kg of fish growth and sell for ₦250 per kg. The cost of feed is ₦50 per kg and the farmer incurs a fixed monthly cost of ₦100,000. Mortality rates are 5 % for tilapia and 8 % for catfish. If the farmer stocks \(T\) kg of tilapia and \(C\) kg of catfish at the start of the month, determine the values of \(T\) and \(C\) that maximize monthly profit and state the maximum profit.
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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2017 Agricultural Science Question 27. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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