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These problems were taken directly from Algebra 2 (Berger, Chard, et.

al) © 2011 by Houghton


Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (pg. 206)

1) “Yum’s Bakery bakes two breads, A and B. One batch of A uses 5 pounds of
oats and 3 pounds of flour. One batch of B uses 2 pounds of oats and 3 pounds
of flour. The company has 180 pounds of oats and 135 pounds of flour available.
Write the constraints for the problem and graph the feasible region.”

Click here to check the accuracy of your feasible region.

2) “Yum’s Bakery wants to maximize its profit from bread sales. One batch of A
yields a profit of $40. One batch of B yields a profit of $30. Use the profit
information and the data from [the first problem] to find how many batches of
each bread the bakery should bake.”

Determine the solution to this problem. Then use the GeoGebra applet in the link
above to determine the validity of your solution.

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