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To find: the maximum profit that can be expected in a day.
Answer to Problem 26E
$1080
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Maximum tin of cookies production in a day = 200
Butter required for large tin of cookies = 2 pounds
Butter required for small tin of cookies = 1 pound
Maximum butter available in a day = 300 pounds.
Function for profit from cookies production is as follows:
Here x and y represents number of large tins sold and small tins sold respectively.
Calculation:
The inequalities derived from the given data are as follows:
The graph for the inequalities is shown below.
The points satisfying both the inequalities are
Thus, the maximum profit that can be expected in a day is $1080.
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