A candy manufacturer has 130 pounds of chocolate-covered cherries and 170 pounds of chocolate-covered mints in stock. He decides to sell them in the form of two different mixtures. One mixture will contain half cherries and half mints by weight and will sell for $8.00 per pound. The other mixture will contain onethird cherries and two-thirds mints by weight and will sell for $5.25 per pound. How many pounds of each mixture should the candy manufacturer prepare in order to maximize his sales revenue? Formulate this problem by (analytical method) and do not attempt to solve it
Unitary Method
The word “unitary” comes from the word “unit”, which means a single and complete entity. In this method, we find the value of a unit product from the given number of products, and then we solve for the other number of products.
Speed, Time, and Distance
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Profit and Loss
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A candy manufacturer has 130 pounds of chocolate-covered
cherries and 170 pounds of chocolate-covered mints in stock. He
decides to sell them in the form of two different mixtures. One
mixture will contain half cherries and half mints by weight and
will sell for $8.00 per pound. The other mixture will contain onethird cherries and two-thirds mints by weight and will sell for
$5.25 per pound. How many pounds of each mixture should the
candy manufacturer prepare in order to maximize his sales
revenue? Formulate this problem by (analytical method) and do not attempt to solve it
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