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A farmer plans to plant two crops, A and B. The cost of cultivating crop A is...
A farmer plans to plant two crops, A and B. The cost of cultivating crop A is $40/acre, whereas the cost of cultivating crop B is $60/acre. The farmer has a maximum of $7400 available for land cultivation. Each acre of crop A requires 20 labor-hours and each acre of crop B requires 25 labor-hours. The farmer has a maximum of 3300 labor-hours available. If she expects to make a profit of $150/acre on crop A and $200/acre on crop B, how many acres of each crop should she plant to maximize her profit?
| a. |
70 acres of crop A and 75 acres of crop B |
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| b. |
57 acres of crop A and 90 acres of crop B |
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| c. |
65 acres of crop A and 80 acres of crop B |
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| d. |
50 acres of crop A and 100 acres of crop B |
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