bakery makes Jumbo biscuits and regular biscuits. The bakery is limited to:  a. The oven can bake at most 120 biscuits per day.  b. Each jumbo biscuit requires 3oz of flour and each regular biscuit requires 1oz of flour. The bakery has 180oz of flour available per day.  c. Due to  cooking time constraints, the total number of regular buiscuts cannot exceed 100.  d. Due to cooking time constraints, the total number of jumbo biscuits cannot exceed 50.  The revenue from each jumbo biscuit sold is $1, and the revenue from each regular biscuit sold is $0.65. The cost to make each jumbo biscuit is $0.20, and the cost to make each regular biscuit is $0.15.  Can the bakery produce 66 regular biscuits and 44 jumbo biscuits? If not, explain which limitations are violated.

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bakery makes Jumbo biscuits and regular biscuits. The bakery is limited to: 

a. The oven can bake at most 120 biscuits per day. 
b. Each jumbo biscuit requires 3oz of flour and each regular biscuit requires 1oz of flour. The bakery has 180oz of flour available per day. 
c. Due to  cooking time constraints, the total number of regular buiscuts cannot exceed 100. 
d. Due to cooking time constraints, the total number of jumbo biscuits cannot exceed 50. 

The revenue from each jumbo biscuit sold is $1, and the revenue from each regular biscuit sold is $0.65. The cost to make each jumbo biscuit is $0.20, and the cost to make each regular biscuit is $0.15. 

Can the bakery produce 66 regular biscuits and 44 jumbo biscuits? If not, explain which limitations are violated. 

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