A farmer has 100 acres of available land that he wishes to plant with a mixture of

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A farmer has 100 acres of available land that he wishes to plant with a mixture of potatoes, corn, and cabbage. It costs him $400 to produce an acre of potatoes, $160 to produce an acre of corn, and $280 to produce an acre of cabbage. He has a maximum of $20,000 to spend. He makes a profit of $120 per acre of potatoes, $40 per acre of corn, and $60 per acre of cabbage. How many acres of each crop should he plant to maximize his profit?
A) Create a chart to organize this information.
B) Write the objective function
C) Write all the constraints to the problem.
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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