Christine’s butter cookies sells large tins of butter cookies and small tins of butter cookies. The factory can prepare at most 200 tins of cookies a day. Each large tin of cookies requires 2 pounds of butter, and each small tin requires 1 pound of butter, with a maximum of 300 pounds of butter available each day. The profit from each day’s cookie production can be estimated by the function f(x,y) = $6.00x+$4.80y, where x represents the number of large tins sold and y the number of small tins sold. Find the maximum profit that can be expected in a day.

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alexwee123 · Answer

is this linear programming? :D

anonymous · Answer

yes

alexwee123 · Answer

well you would find a system of inequalities and look at the intersection points and sub them into the function to find the maximum cost

anonymous · Answer

@alexwee123 yeah i need help finding the system of inequalities and then i can solve the rest

alexwee123 · Answer

x+y less than or equal to 200
2x+y less than or equal to 300
there you go ^.^ now go solve the rest

alexwee123 · Answer

also x=large butter and y=small butter