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Description: A candy merchant sells two variety bags of candy. Each pound of variety bag A contains 60% caramels and 40 % chocolates and sells for $8 a pound. Each pound of variety bag B contains 45% caramels and 55% chocolates and sells for $10 a pound. The merc

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A candy merchant sells two variety bags of candy. Each pound of variety bag A contains 60% caramels and 40 % chocolates and sells for $8 a pound. Each pound of variety bag B contains 45% caramels and 55% chocolates and sells for $10 a pound. The merchant has available 400 pounds of caramels and 300 pounds of chocolate. The merchant will try to sell the amount of each blend that maximizes her income. Let x be the number of pounds of variety bag A and y be the number of pounds of variety bag B. The objective function is

Select one:

a. 0.60x + 0.40y

b. 0.45x + 0.55y

c. 400x + 300y

d. 8x + 10y

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