Linear Programming
1 Write an Objective Function Describing a Quantity $\$ 2.00$

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Linear Programming
1 Write an Objective Function Describing a Quantity That Must be Maximized or Minimized
-A steel company produces two types of machine dies, part A and part B. The company makes a $\$ 2.00$ profit on each part A that it produces and a $\$ 6.00$ profit on each part $B$ that it produces. Let $x =$ the number of part A produced in a week and $\mathrm { y } =$ the number of part B produced in a week. Write the objective function that describes the total weekly profit.

• A) \(z = 2 x + 6 y\)
• B) \(z = 6 x + 2 y\)
• C) \(z = 8 ( x + y )\)
• D) \(z = 2 ( x - 6 ) + 6 ( y - 2 )\)

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