Question: Kite 'N String manufactures old-fashioned diagonal and box kites from high-strength paper and wood. Each diagonal kite, which nets the company a $3 profit and

Kite 'N String manufactures old-fashioned diagonal and box kites from high-strength paper and wood. Each diagonal kite, which nets the company a $3 profit and requires 8 square feet of paper and 5 linear feet of wood. Each box kite nets a $5 profit and requires 6 square feet of paper and 10 linear feet of wood. Each kite needs to be packaged in a single box before it is sold to customers. This week Kite 'N String has 1500 boxes for packaging (one for each kite), and the capacity to tailor 10,000 square feet of paper and 12,000 linear feet of wood for kite production. Kite 'N String need to make production decision in order to maximize the company's total profit for this week? Implement this problem into excel and solve for the optimal solutions. What is the optimal production quantity of BOX kite? (Please type ONLY NUMBERS with NO ROUNDING in the answer box)
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