Question:
A plane carrying food and water to a resort island can carry
Last updated: 5/19/2023
A plane carrying food and water to a resort island can carry a maximum of 27000 pounds and is limited in space to carrying no more than 525 cubic feet Each container of water weighs 60 pounds and takes up 1 cubic foot of cargo space Each container of food weighs 175 pounds and takes up 5 cubic feet Hotels on the island will buy the food for 13 dollars a pound and the water for 4 dollars per pound What is the optimum number of containers of each item that will maximize the revenue generated by the plane What is the maximum revenue Let x represent the number of food containers and y represent the number of water containers Answer Maximum revenue of Maximum revenue at Keypad Keyboard Shortcuts