Question

An entrepreneur is having a design group produce at least eight samples of a new kind of fastener that he wants to market. It costs $6.00 to produce each metal fastener and $10.00 to produce each plastic fastener. He wants to have at least two of each version of the fastener and needs to have all the samples 58 hours from now. It takes 5 hours to produce each metal sample and 4 hours to produce each plastic sample. To minimize the cost of the samples, how many of each kind should the entrepreneur order? What will be the cost of the samples? To minimize the cost of the samples, how many of each type of sample should the entrepreneur order? The entrepreneur should order ___ metal samples and ___ plastic samples.

Answer 1

Answer:

b

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