document.write( "Question 1198757: A company makes two types of​ biscuits: Jumbo and Regular. The oven can cook at most 400 biscuits per day. Each jumbo biscuit requires 2 oz of​ flour, each regular biscuit requires 1 oz of​ flour, and there is 600 oz of flour available. The income from each jumbo biscuit is ​$0.07 and from each regular biscuit is ​$0.12 . How many of each size biscuit should be made to maximize​ income? What is the maximum​ income?
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document.write( "As you read the problem, you see that each Jumbo biscuit requires more flour than \r\n" );
document.write( "each Regular biscuit, but provides lesser profit than Regular biscuit.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the most aggressive strategy should work, when the company produces\r\n" );
document.write( "Regular biscuits ONLY and does not produce Jumbo biscuits, at all.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is so OBVIOUS, that I will not spend my and your time for explanations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And since we just chose the strategy, we simply need to divide 600 oz by 1 to get\r\n" );
document.write( "the number of possible Regular biscuits: it is 600/1 = 600.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But at this point, other restriction turns on: the number of biscuits can not \r\n" );
document.write( "be greater than 400.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    |     Thus the optimal solution/answer is as follows:           |\r\n" );
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document.write( "    |  400 Regular biscuits should be produced; no Jumbo biscuits;  |\r\n" );
document.write( "    |     optimal (maximum) profit is  400*0.12 = 48 dollars.       |\r\n" );
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