A Cereal Manufacturer Makes Two Different Kinds of Cereal, Senior

question 38

Multiple Choice

A cereal manufacturer makes two different kinds of cereal, Senior Citizen's Feast and Kids Go. Each pound of Senior Citizen's Feast requires 0.6 lb of wheat and 0.2 lb of vitamin-enriched syrup, and each pound of Kids Go requires 0.4 lb of wheat, 0.2 lb of sugar, and 0.2 lb of vitamin-enriched syrup. Suppliers can deliver at most 2800 lb of wheat, at most 800 lb of sugar, and at least 1000 lb of the vitamin-enriched syrup. Let x represent the number of pounds of Senior Citizen's cereal and y represent the number of pounds of Kids Go cereal. Write the inequalities that describe how many pounds of each type of cereal can be made. ​

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Overhead

The indirect costs associated with manufacturing, such as utilities, maintenance, and salaries for management.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The constant production costs that do not vary with the level of output, such as salaries of supervisors and depreciation of equipment.

Variable Manufacturing Overhead

Costs in the production process that change with the volume of production, such as utility costs or raw materials.

Predetermined Overhead Rates

Estimated rates used to allocate overhead costs to products or activities, based on selected bases like labor hours or machine hours.