Joely’s Tea Shop, a store that specializes in tea blends, has available 45 pounds of A grade
tea and 70 pounds of B grade tea. These will be blended into 1 pound packages as follows:
A breakfast blend that contains one third of a pound of A grade tea and two thirds of a
pound of B grade tea and an afternoon tea that contains one half pound of A grade tea and
one half pound of B grade tea. If Joely makes a profit of $1.50 on each pound of the
breakfast blend and $2.00 profit on each pound of the afternoon blend, how many pounds
of each blend should she make to maximize profits? What is the maximum profit?
Your computer supply store sells two types of laser printers. The first type, A, has a cost of
$86 and you make a $45 profit on each one. The second type, B, has a cost of $130 and you
make a $35 profit on each one. You expect to sell at least 100 laser printers this month and
you need to make at least $3850 profit on them. How many of what type of printer should
you order if you want to minimize your cost?
Eric’s Carpentry manufactures two types of bookshelves that are 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide,
a basic model and a deluxe model. Each basic bookshelf requires 1.5 hours for assembly
and 1 hour for finishing; each deluxe model requires 2.5 hours for assembly and 1 hour for
finishing. Two assemblers and one finisher are employed by the company, and each works
40 hours per week. Eric can sell more basic models than deluxe models, so he wants the
number of basic models produced to be 50% more than the number of deluxe models
produced. If he makes $50 profit on the basic models and $65 profit on the deluxe models,
how many should he make to maximize the profit? What is the maximum profit?
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Johnny’s cafe serves desserts. One serving of ice cream and two servings of blueberry pie provides
790 calories. Three servings of ice cream and two servings of blueberry pie provides 1290 calories.
Find the caloric content of each item.
Serving of ice cream: 270 calories
Serving of blueberry pie: 250 calories
Serving of ice cream: 230 calories
Serving of blueberry pie: 280 calories
Serving of ice cream: 256 calories
Serving of blueberry pie: 267 calories
Serving of ice cream: 250 calories
Serving of blueberry pie: 270 calories