A baker has 150 units of flour, 90 of sugar, and 150 of raisins. A loaf of raisin bread ...

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 A baker has 150 units of flour, 90 of sugar, and 150 of raisins. A loaf of raisin bread requires 1 unit of flour, 1 of sugar, and 2 of raisins, while a raisin cake needs 5, 2, and 1 units, respectively.   
 

a. If raisin bread sells for $1.75 a loaf and raisin cake for $4.00 each, how many of each should be baked so that gross income is maximized?
 

b. What is the maximum gross income?

 

    • 8 years ago
    Let x loaves of the raisin bread and y loaves of the raisin cake be baked to maximize the profit ...
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