Housing type Flat Two-bedroom house Three-bedroom house Shop Average number of inhabitants Ground floor area (m²) 75 60 80 120 1.5 3.5 5 4 Formulate a linear programme to help the council decide on a optimal strategy.

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A council has a brown-field sites designated for social housing. After allowing for roads
and parks it has an area of 150000 m² for social housing. The housing association intends
to build a mixture of flats, two-bedroom houses, three-bedroom houses, and shops (which
include a living space) on this site.
The housing association wishes to maximise the number of people that can be housed but
has strict housing requirements:
• there must be at least twice as many two-bedroom houses as three-bedroom houses;
• at least 10% of the total housing units excluding shops (i.e. flats and houses) must be
flats;
• buildings containing the flats (i.e a "block") must have two storeys and every flat must
have the same floor space;
• shops must be provided at a rate of at least one per 1500 inhabitants.
The average number of inhabitants per housing unit and the ground floor area of each are
given in the following table.
Housing type
Flat
Two-bedroom house
Three-bedroom house
Shop
Average number of inhabitants Ground floor area (m²)
75
60
80
120
1.5
3.5
5
4
Formulate a linear programme to help the council decide on a optimal strategy.
Transcribed Image Text:A council has a brown-field sites designated for social housing. After allowing for roads and parks it has an area of 150000 m² for social housing. The housing association intends to build a mixture of flats, two-bedroom houses, three-bedroom houses, and shops (which include a living space) on this site. The housing association wishes to maximise the number of people that can be housed but has strict housing requirements: • there must be at least twice as many two-bedroom houses as three-bedroom houses; • at least 10% of the total housing units excluding shops (i.e. flats and houses) must be flats; • buildings containing the flats (i.e a "block") must have two storeys and every flat must have the same floor space; • shops must be provided at a rate of at least one per 1500 inhabitants. The average number of inhabitants per housing unit and the ground floor area of each are given in the following table. Housing type Flat Two-bedroom house Three-bedroom house Shop Average number of inhabitants Ground floor area (m²) 75 60 80 120 1.5 3.5 5 4 Formulate a linear programme to help the council decide on a optimal strategy.
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