Could someone please help me with this?

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anonymous · Answer

Baking a loaf of banana bread takes 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of sugar. A loaf of pumpkin bread takes 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar.  A baker has 30 cups of flour and 16 cups of sugar to use.  She makes $2.50 profit per loaf of banana bread and $4.00 profit per loaf of pumpkin bread.  How many loaves of each type of bread should the baker make to maximize her profit?

homeworkhelper099 · Answer

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directrix · Answer

I made a chart after trying to find the linear programming inequalities needed.

I'm thinking that the maximum profit comes with 12 banana loaves and 2 pumpkin loaves.

If those amounts are correct, the profit is 12*2.50 + 2*4.00 = $38.00

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