Question

Dana wants to make two types of dog treats. She has 10 cups of peanut butter and 12 cups of flour. Her dog bone treat recipe uses 3 cups of peanut butter and 2 cups of flour to make one tray. A tray of her oatmeal dog treat recipe uses 1 cup of peanut butter and 4 cups of flour. She plans to sell trays of dog treats at the town festival and charge $6 for a tray of dog bone treats and $7 for a tray of oatmeal treats. Dana wants to maximize her income from selling the dog treats.

When writing constraints for the problem, which definition for the variables x and y can be used to determine the maximum?

Answer 1

2 trays of dog bone treat recipe and 2 trays of oatmeal dog treat recipe.

Explanation:

2 dog bone treat uses 6y and 4x

2 oatmeal dog treat uses 2x and 8y

she will have 2 cups of y left

x = flour

y = Peanut butter

She will also make $26

(I did not find a way to use all the flour and peanut butter)

Answer 2

Let x represent the number of cups of peanut butter used and y represent the number of cups of flour used.

Explanation: