What Combination of X and Y Will Yield the Optimum

question 82

Multiple Choice

What combination of x and y will yield the optimum for this problem? Maximize $3x + $15y,subject to (1) 2x + 4y ≤ 12 and (2) 5x + 2y ≤ 10 and (3) x,y ≥ 0.

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

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