Fancy Pineapple produces pineapple juice and canned pineapple rings. This year the company anticipates a demand of at least 44,000 pints of pineapple juice and 4,400 cans of pineapple rings. Each pint of pineapple juice requires 2 pineapples, and each can of pineapple rings requires 1 pineapple. The company anticipates using at least 88,000 pineapples for these products. Each pint of pineapple juice costs the company 24¢ to produce, and each can of pineapple rings costs 60¢ to produce. How many pints of pineapple juice and cans of pineapple rings should Fancy Pineapple produce to meet the demand and minimize total costs? pineapple juice     ?? pt pineapple rings     ?? can(s)

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Fancy Pineapple produces pineapple juice and canned pineapple rings. This year the company anticipates a demand of at least 44,000 pints of pineapple juice and 4,400 cans of pineapple rings. Each pint of pineapple juice requires 2 pineapples, and each can of pineapple rings requires 1 pineapple. The company anticipates using at least 88,000 pineapples for these products. Each pint of pineapple juice costs the company 24¢ to produce, and each can of pineapple rings costs 60¢ to produce. How many pints of pineapple juice and cans of pineapple rings should Fancy Pineapple produce to meet the demand and minimize total costs?

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