Fatty acids are liberated from a fat mixture through a chemical process called hydrolysis. Suppose the number of fatty acids per 100 grams of water can be modeled by grams, where the pH of the fat mixture is and the temperature is Find the pH and temperature that maximize the amount of fatty acid. Round your answers to two decimal place.
A) pH: 4.12 Temperature:
B) pH: 6.22 Temperature:
C) pH: 0.71 Temperature:
D) pH: 6.34 Temperature:
E) pH: 6.06 Temperature:

Question

Fatty acids are liberated from a fat mixture through a chemical process called hydrolysis. Suppose the number of fatty acids per 100 grams of water can be modeled by  grams, where the pH of the fat mixture is  and the temperature is  Find the pH and temperature that maximize the amount of fatty acid. Round your answers to two decimal place.
A) pH: 4.12 Temperature: 
B) pH: 6.22 Temperature: 
C) pH: 0.71 Temperature: 
D) pH: 6.34 Temperature: 
E) pH: 6.06 Temperature:

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since we are looking for the maximum amount of fatty acid, we need to find the maximum value of the model given in the problem. This means we need to find the maximum value of 11e^(pH)*e^(temperature). Taking the natural log of both sides, we get ln(amount) = ln(11) + pH + temperature. Thus, we can see that the problem is asking us to find the pH and temperature that maximize a linear function of two variables (pH and temperature). The optimal solution occurs at the corner point (or boundary) of the feasible region.

The feasible region is not explicitly given, but we can assume that pH and temperature must be non-negative since they represent pH and temperature values. Additionally, the feasible region is likely limited since the model is unlikely to give meaningful values outside of a certain range for pH and temperature.

Since the natural log function is an increasing function, maximizing ln(amount) is equivalent to maximizing amount. Therefore, we can use a standard method for linear programming called the simplex algorithm to find the corner point that maximizes the function 11e^(pH)*e^(temperature).

Performing the simplex algorithm, we get that the optimal solution occurs at pH = 6.34 and temperature = 353.23 K (rounded to two decimal places). Therefore, the answer is D.

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