Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
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ISBN: 9781337614085
Author: Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
Publisher: Cengage,
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A company makes two kinds of animal food, A and B, which contain two food supplements. It takes 2 pounds of the first supplement and one pound of the second to make a dozen cans of food A, and 4 pounds
of the first supplement and 5 pounds of the second to make a dozen cans of food B. On a certain day 80 pounds of the first supplement and 70 pounds of the second are available.

 

Use the geometrical approach to
find the number of cans of each food should be made to maximize profit, if the profit on a dozen cans of food A is $3 and the profit on a dozen cans of food B is $10. Show every necessary steps.

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