Question

Ice Cream Shop Problem: Full question inside.

Answer 1

basically, there is an ice cream shop, that sells ice cream. they get this ice cream from two different suppliers. supplier X and supplier Y.

they need to sell at least 35 pounds of ice cream a week.

they cant sell over 70 pounds of ice cream a week.

each shipment of ice cream has waste in it. (packaging) they want no more that 14 pounds of waste a week. supplier Y has (1/6) pounds of waste in every pound, while supplier X has only (1/3) pounds.


supplier Y charges $3.25 per pound for ice cream, while supplier X charges $2.80 per pound. what is the minimum and maximum costs that they should pay for ice cream a week?