A farmer is going to divide her 60 acre farm between two crops. Seed for crop A costs $5 per acre. Seed for crop B costs $10 per acre. The farmer can spend at most $450 on seed. If crop B brings in a profit of $60 per acre, and crop A brings in a profit of $90 per acre, how many acres of each crop should the farmer plant to maximize her profit? acres of crop A acres of crop B

A farmer is going to divide her 60 acre farm between two crops. Seed for crop A costs $5 per acre. Seed for crop B costs $10 per acre. The farmer can spend at most $450 on seed. If crop B brings in a profit of $60 per acre, and crop A brings in a profit of $90 per acre, how many acres of each crop should the farmer plant to maximize her profit? acres of crop A acres of crop B

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Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

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Chapter5: Linear Inequalities

Section5.6: Graphing Ineualities In Two Variables

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