A tobacco shop blends Cuban, American and Columbian tobaccos into three aromatic house mixtures. A packet of Ruff has 6 ounces Cuban, 4 ounce American, and 14 ounces Columbian; Buff has 3 ounces Cuban, 1 ounce American, and 2 ounces Columbian; Tuff has 4 ounces Cuban, 2 ounces American, and 8 ounces Columbian. If Ruff sells for $8.00, Buff for $10.00 and Tuff for $16.00 per packet and if there are 32 ounces of Cuban, 10 ounces of American, and 72 ounces of Columbian on hand. Find the amount of Ruff, Buff and Tuff that should be blended to maximize profit from the tobacco on hand. Set up to solve this problem by:a) Defining all variables usedb) Stating the objective and listing the objective function.c) Stating ALL the constraints.

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A tobacco shop blends Cuban, American and Columbian tobaccos into three aromatic house mixtures. A packet of Ruff has 6 ounces Cuban, 4 ounce American, and 14 ounces Columbian; Buff has 3 ounces Cuban, 1 ounce American, and 2 ounces Columbian; Tuff has 4 ounces Cuban, 2 ounces American, and 8 ounces Columbian. If Ruff sells for $8.00, Buff for $10.00 and Tuff for $16.00 per packet and if there are 32 ounces of Cuban, 10 ounces of American, and 72 ounces of Columbian on hand. Find the amount of Ruff, Buff and Tuff that should be blended to maximize profit from the tobacco on hand.

Set up to solve this problem by:
a) Defining all variables used
b) Stating the objective and listing the objective function.
c) Stating ALL the constraints.

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