A food manufacturer is trying to maximize profit by selling wheat-based cereal (C) and wheatbread(B) with raw wheat (W). The production functions are:Cereal:Bread:C=37Wc 1.5Wc²B = 76WB - 2WB²Wc+WB 8,155Constraint:Profit is $1.00 per box of cereal and $0.50 per pack of wheat bread. There are 8,155 units ofraw wheat available.How much wheat should go to the cereal (WC)? Enter as a value. ROUND TO THE NEARESTWHOLE NUMBER.

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A food manufacturer is trying to maximize profit by selling wheat-based cereal (C) and wheat bread(B) with raw wheat (W). The production functions are: Cereal: Bread: C = 37Wc 1.5Wc² B = 76WB - 2WB² Constraint: Wc + WB 8,155 = Profit is $1.00 per box of cereal and $0.50 per pack of wheat bread. There are 8,155 units of raw wheat available. How much wheat should go to the cereal (Wc)? Enter as a value. ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.

A food manufacturer is trying to maximize profit by selling wheat-based cereal (C) and wheat bread(B) with raw wheat (W). The production functions are: Cereal: Bread: C = 37Wc 1.5Wc² B = 76WB - 2WB² Constraint: Wc + WB 8,155 = Profit is $1.00 per box of cereal and $0.50 per pack of wheat bread. There are 8,155 units of raw wheat available. How much wheat should go to the cereal (Wc)? Enter as a value. ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.

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