Your furniture store sells two types of dining room tables. The first, type A, costs $265 and you make a $25 profit on each one. The second, type B, costs $100 and you make a $13 profit on each one. You can order no more than 40 tables this month, and you need to make $760 profit on them. If you must order at least one of each type of table, how many of each should you order if you want to minimize your cost?

A) 20 of type A, 20 of type B
B) 2 of type A, 38 of type B
C) 30 of type A, 10 of type B
D) 38 of type A, 2 of type B?

Question

Your furniture store sells two types of dining room tables. The first, type A, costs $265 and you make a $25 profit on each one. The second, type B, costs $100 and you make a $13 profit on each one. You can order no more than 40 tables this month, and you need to make $760 profit on them. If you must order at least one of each type of table, how many of each should you order if you want to minimize your cost? 

A) 20 of type A, 20 of type  B
B) 2 of type A, 38 of type B 
C) 30 of type A, 10 of type B
D) 38 of type A, 2 of type B?

doc.brown · Answer

$25 profit on table A, $13 profit on table B, totals $760 profit
number of tables A and number of table B totals less than 40