Assume you own a greenhouse that can be used to grow mums, pansies or a combination of each. After careful research you have determined that the following combinations are possible and you wish to choose that combination which will maximize profit from the greenhouse. Calculate the substitution ratio and answer the questions following.

COmbination	Mums (Pots)	Pansies (flats)	Sub. Ration	Price Ration (for prices in question 1)	A	B	C	D
#1	0	1750	XXXX		2	0.67	3	3.33
#2	220	1644	-0.48		2	0.67	3	3.33
#3	442	1524	-0.54		2	0.67	3	3.33
#4	646	1400	-0.61		2	0.67	3	3.33
#5	810	1267	-0.81		2	0.67	3	3.33
#6	925	1119	-1.29		2	0.67	3	3.33
#7	1021	957	-1.69		2	0.67	3	3.33
#8	1111	791	-1.84		2	0.67	3	3.33
#9	1192	612	-2.21		2	0.67	3	3.33
#10	1266	412	-2.7		2	0.67	3	3.33
#11	1330	200	-3.31		2	0.67	3	3.33
#12	1386	0	-3.57		2	0.67	3	3.33

Calculate the price ratio for each combination of prices and fill in the appropriate column above. Then find the profit maximizing enterprise combination for each case.

Ent. Comb

a) Mums with a price of $2.00 per pot and pansies with a price of $1.00 per flat.

b) Mums with a price of $2.00 per pot and pansies with a price of $3.00 per flat.

c) Mums with a price of $3.00 per pot and pansies with a price of $1.00 per flat.

d) Mums with a price of $4.00 per pot and pansies with a price of $1.20 per flat.

2. If mums sold for $2.20 per pot, what would the price of mums have to be to make combination #8 the exact profit maximizing combination? SHOW WORK!

3. Do mums and pansies show a complementary enterprise relationship in this problem? Carefully explain how you arrived at your answer.

4. In an enterprise combination problem, some input must be fixed. What is the fixed input in this problem?