Solve the Linear Programming Problem

question 58

Multiple Choice

Solve the linear programming problem.
-Mrs. White wants to crochet beach hats and baby afghans for a church fund-raising bazaar. She needs 8hours to make a hat and 2 hours to make an afghan and she has 56 hours available. She wants to make nomore than 13 items and no more than 11 afghans. The bazaar will sell the hats for $14 each and the afghansfor $7 each. How many of each should she make to maximize the income for the bazaar? What is themaximum income?

• A)5 hats, 8 afghans, $126
• B)8 hats, 5 afghans, $147
• C)11 hats, 2 afghans, $168
• D)7 hats, 6 afghans, $140