Question

Hi this is a macroeconomics problem that i'm struggling with! if someone could please help me i'd really appreciate it!

The Red Cross and WIC (Women Infants Children program) both provide emergency food packages and first-aid kits to New York City homeless shelters. The table below shows their weekly production possibilities in providing emergency goods to NYC homeless shelters.

Red Cross WIC
Food packages 300 or 0 200 or 0
First-aid kits 0 50 0 20
NYC homeless shelters need a total of 20 first-aid kits per week. Currently, they get 10 kits from the Red Cross and 10 kits from WIC. With their remaining resources, how many food packages can each organization provide to NYC homeless shelters?

Answer 1

The Red Cross can provide 300 food packages and WIC can provide 200 food packages to NYC homeless shelters.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many food packages each organization can provide to NYC homeless shelters, we need to look at the remaining resources after providing the required first-aid kits. The Red Cross currently provides 10 kits, and WIC provides 10 kits. Therefore, the Red Cross has 300 food packages remaining, and WIC has 200 food packages remaining.