What Combination of X and Y Will Yield the Optimum $Z=\$ 3 x+\$ 15 y$

question 20

Multiple Choice

What combination of x and y will yield the optimum for this problem? Maximize $Z=\$ 3 x+\$ 15 y$

$\begin{array}{l}\text{Subject to:}&2 x+4 y \leq 12 \\&5 x+2 y \leq 10\end{array}$

• A) x = 2, y = 0
• B) x = 0, y = 0
• C) x = 0, y = 3
• D) x = 1, y = 5
• E) x = 0, y = 4

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