A small manufacturing company produces child-sized and adult-sized adirondack chairs. The company makes a profit of $40 on each child-sized chair and $75 on each adult-sized chair. The manufacturer can make a total of 150 chairs per week. It takes 1 hour of labor to make a child-sized chair and 2 hours of labor to make an adult-sized chair, and the company has 200 hours of labor available per week. Let x represent the number of child-sized chairs and y represent the number of adult-sized chairs. Determine how many child-sized and adult-sized adirondack chairs should be manufactured weekly to maximize production.   A: 100 child-sized chairs and 50 adult-sized chairs B: 150 child-sized chairs and 0 adult-sized chairs C: 50 child-sized chairs and 100 adult-sized chair D:  0 child-sized chairs and 100 adult-sized chairs

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A small manufacturing company produces child-sized and adult-sized adirondack chairs. The company makes a profit of $40 on each child-sized chair and $75 on each adult-sized chair. The manufacturer can make a total of 150 chairs per week. It takes 1 hour of labor to make a child-sized chair and 2 hours of labor to make an adult-sized chair, and the company has 200 hours of labor available per week. Let x represent the number of child-sized chairs and y represent the number of adult-sized chairs.
Determine how many child-sized and adult-sized adirondack chairs should be manufactured weekly to maximize production.

 

A: 100 child-sized chairs and 50 adult-sized chairs

B: 150 child-sized chairs and 0 adult-sized chairs

C: 50 child-sized chairs and 100 adult-sized chair

D:  0 child-sized chairs and 100 adult-sized chairs

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Let Company produces (x) child size chairs and (y) adult size chairs.

Therefore,

Total number of chairs , =   x + y

Total profit , P = 40x + 75y

Total time , T = 1x + 2y

Given that company can make maximum 150 chairs per week. So, Total number of chairs should be less that 150.

x+y\leq 150

It is given that company have maximum of 200 hours of labor work. So, Total time should be less that 200.

x+2y\leq 200

Now, we will maximize the Profit by using Critical points which will be find by plotting the inequalities on graph.

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