H.E.B. is creating a new sausage production line. The company mixes Beef and Pork in different proportions to create three types of sausage. The mix grades include:

a) Beef lovers, which must be no more than 20% Pork;

b) Hebsage, which may be any mix of the two meets;

c) Pork lovers, which must be at least 40% Beef. The cost for buying Pork is $4 per pound, and for buying beef is $6 per pound. The weekly demand for the three types of sausage is 400 pounds of Beef lovers, 750 pounds of Hebsage, and 600 pounds of Pork lovers. How should H.E.B. blend Beef and Pork to meet the sausage demand most economically?

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