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A store has two types of animal feed available. Type A contains 3 pounds of oats and 2 pounds of corn per bag. Type B contains 1 poun

of corn per bag. A farmer wants to combine the two types so that the resulting mixture has at least 16 pounds of oats and at least 52
only has 15 bags of type A feed and 13 bags of type B feed in stock. Type A costs $4 per bag, and type B costs $1 per bag. How many
the farmer buy to minimize his cost?
Note that the ALEKS graphing calculator can be used to make computations easier.
OO EXPLANATION
Answer : type A feed : 1 bag(s)
Type B feed : 13 bag(s)

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I think the answer is B
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