A cruise ship is planning its menu for the next trip. Vacationers like eating steak, lobster, and chicken. The chef of the cruis
e ship has decided to plan for at least half of all booked passengers to have a steak dinner, for at least a quarter of all passengers to have lobster, and the rest to have chicken. Steak dinners cost the cruise company $8, lobsters cost $15, and chicken costs the line $4. On the next cruise, there are 400 passengers booked. In addition, the cruise line told the chef to plan for an additional 25% more meals than bookings. Help the chef determine the optimum mix of meals to minimize their food costs. Determine the optimal solution and let the chef know how much it will cost to prepare this mix.
Joe has 3 containers of apples. Each container holds 10.5 pounds of apples. Joe also has 1 container of pears; the container holds 25.4 pounds but is only half full. What is the total number of pounds of fruit he has?