Mr.Dass wants to invest 12000 in public provident fund (PPF) and in national bonds. He has to invest at least 1000 in PPF and at least 2000 in bonds. If the rate of interest on PPF is 12% per annum and that on bonds is 15% per annum, how should he invest the money to earn maximum annual income? Also find the maximum annual income.


Let the invested money in PPF be x and in national bonds be y.


According to the question,


X + y


x , y


Maximize Z = 0.12x + 0.15y


The feasible region determined by X + y x ,


y is given by



The corner points of the feasible region are A(1000,11000) , B(1000,2000) and C(10000,2000) . The value of Z at the corner point are



The maximum value of Z is 1770 at point A(1000,11000).


So, he must invest Rs.1000 in PPF and Rs.11000 in national bonds.


The maximum annual income is Rs.1770 .


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