Question

A bakery is making whole-wheat bread and apple bran muffins. For each batch of break they make $35 profit. For each batch of muffins, they make $10 profit. The break takes 4 hours to prepare and 1 hour to back. The muffins take 0.5 hours to prepare and 0.5 hours to bake. The maximum preparation time available is 16 hours. The maximum bake time available is 10 hours. Let x = # of the batches of bread and y = # of batches of muffins. How many batches of bread and muffins should be made to maximize profits?
4 batches of bread and 0 batches of muffins
4 batches of bread and 0 batches of muffins

2 batches of bread and 16 batches of muffins
2 batches of bread and 16 batches of muffins

4 batches of bread and 10 batches of muffins
4 batches of bread and 10 batches of muffins

1 batch of bread and 12 batches of muffins

Answer 1

The batches of bread and muffins should be made to maximize profits are 0 batches of bread and 16 batches of muffins

How many batches of bread and muffins should be made to maximize profits?

The given parameters can be represented on the following table

                 Bread (x)                    Muffins (y)

Prepare         4                                 1                         16

Bake             0.5                            0.5                        10

Profit            35                               10

The parameters from the above table are

Max P = 35x + 10y

Subject to

4x + y <= 16

0.5x + 0.5y <=10

x, y > 0

Solving the above constraints using a graphing calculator, we have the following points

(x, y) = (4, 0) and (0, 16)

Substitute these values in Max P = 35x + 10y

So, we have

P = 35 x 4 + 10 x 0 = 140

P = 35 x 0 + 10 x 16 = 160

160 is greater than 140

Hence, the batches of bread and muffins should be made to maximize profits are 0 batches of bread and 16 batches of muffins

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