Question

Samantha is making special edition hazelnut and almond chocolate boxes to give to her friends. It costs Samantha $15 to make one hazelnut chocolate box and $30 to make one almond chocolate box. It takes her 20 minutes to make either box of chocolates. She wants to spend no more than $210 and 200 minutes making the chocolate boxes to give to her friends.

If each hazelnut box contains 10 chocolates and each almond box contains 15 chocolates, how many boxes of hazelnut and almond chocolates will maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends?


-Samantha should make six hazelnut chocolate boxes and four almond chocolate boxes in order to maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends.

-Samantha should make zero hazelnut chocolate boxes and seven almond chocolate boxes in order to maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends.

-Samantha should make ten hazelnut chocolate boxes and zero almond chocolate boxes in order to maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends.

-Samantha should make four hazelnut chocolate boxes and six almond chocolate boxes in order to maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends.

Answer 1

right answer is A

Samantha should make six hazelnut chocolate boxes and four almond chocolate boxes in order to maximize the number of chocolates she gives to her friends.

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