Question

Julie is selling candy bars to raise money for new band uniforms. Candy bar X sells for $2 and candy bar Y sells for $3. Julie needs to sell at least three times more Y candy bars than X candy bars. She has at most 36 candy bars to sell. Which objective function can be used to find the profit P that Julie makes from selling the candy bars?

A) P = x + y
B) P = 36xy
C) P = 2x + 3y
D) P = 3x + 2y

Answer 1

The answer to the question is c

Answer 2

Answer is C
`P = 2x + 3y`

Explanation:

Selling price of candy bar X =$2

Selling price of candy bar Y =$3

So if Julie sells x from X candy bars and y bars from Y candy bars,

Profit made from selling X candy bars =
`2* x`

Profit made from selling Y candy bars =
`3* y`

Therefore, assuming that there is no cost for the candy bars the profit by selling candy bars can be represented by the following objective function:

`P = 2x + 3y`

Therefore, answer is C