The bakery at Sam's club makes jumbo cookies and regular cookies. The oven can make at most 200 cookies per day. Each jumbo cookie requires 2 ounces of flour, and each regular cookie requires 1 ounce of flour. There are 250 ounces of flour available. Sam's club needs to make at least 50 regular cookies per day. The income from each jumbo cookie is 11 cents and from each regular cookie is 5 cents. How many of each size cookie should be made to maximize income?

The bakery at Sam's club makes jumbo cookies and regular cookies. The oven can make at most 200 cookies per day. Each jumbo cookie requires 2 ounces of flour, and each regular cookie requires 1 ounce of flour. There are 250 ounces of flour available. Sam's club needs to make at least 50 regular cookies per day. The income from each jumbo cookie is 11 cents and from each regular cookie is 5 cents. How many of each size cookie should be made to maximize income?

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

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Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

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