Question

A company makes two types of​ biscuits: Jumbo and Regular. The oven can cook at most 400 biscuits per day. Each jumbo biscuit requires 2 oz of​ flour, each regular biscuit requires 1 oz of​ flour, and there is 600 oz of flour available. The income from each jumbo biscuit is ​$0.08 and from each regular biscuit is ​$0.11. How many of each size biscuit should be made to maximize​ income? What is the maximum​ income?

Answer 1

Answer:

$ 44

Step-by-step explanation:

If we analyze the statement well, we can observe something very crucial to solve it, the jumbo biscuits require 2 oz of flour and give a profit of $ 0.08, the Regular one that only requires 1 oz of flour leaves a profit of $ 0.11, which means that requiring a smaller quantity of flour leaves a greater profit, so in terms of profit it is not profitable to make Jumbo, only Regular.

Therefore, since you can make 400 biscuits, they would all be regular since there are 600 oz of flour available, it is enough to make 400, therefore the maximum profit would be:

$ 0.11 * 400 = 44

The maximum possible profit is $ 44