A small candy shop is preparing for the holiday season. Theowner must decide how many bags of deluxe mix and how many bags ofstandard mix of Peanut/Raisin Delite to put up. The deluxe mix has.70 pounds of raisins and .30 pounds of peanuts, and the standardmix has 0.53 pounds of raisins and 0.47 pounds of peanuts per bag.The shop has 90 pounds of raisins and 60 pounds of peanuts to workwith.
Peanuts cost $0.75 per pound and raisins cost $1.65 per pound.The deluxe mix will sell for $3.1 for a one-pound bag, and thestandard mix will sell for $2.4 for a one-pound bag. The ownerestimates that no more than 100 bags of one type can be sold.
a. If the goal is to maximize profits, how many bags of eachtype should be prepared? (Round your answers down to awhole number.)
b. What is the expectedprofit? (Round your answer to two decimalplaces.)
A small candy shop is preparing for the holiday season. The owner must decide how many bags of deluxe mix and how many b
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