Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Solve the problem.
-The cost for an animal shelter to spay a female cat is $87 and the cost to neuter a male cat is $59. Write an objective function z = f (x, y) that represents the total cost for spaying x female cats and Neutering y male cats.
A) $z = 87 x + 59 y$
B) $z = 73 ( x + y )$
C) $z = 59 x + 87 y$
D) $z = 28 ( x + y )$

Question

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Solve the problem.
-The cost for an animal shelter to spay a female cat is $87 and the cost to neuter a male cat is $59. Write an objective function z = f (x, y) that represents the total cost for spaying x female cats and Neutering y male cats. 
A) $z = 87 x + 59 y$
B) $z = 73 ( x + y )$
C) $z = 59 x + 87 y$
D) $z = 28 ( x + y )$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The objective function $z = 87x + 59y$ correctly represents the total cost, with $87 being the cost to spay each female cat (x) and $59 being the cost to neuter each male cat (y).

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