Fancy Pineapple Produces Pineapple Juice and Canned Pineapple Rings

Multiple Choice

Fancy Pineapple produces pineapple juice and canned pineapple rings. This year the company anticipates a demand of at least 10,000 pints of pineapple juice and 500 cans of pineapple rings. Each pint of pineapple juice requires 2 pineapples, and each can of pineapple rings requires 1 pineapple. The company anticipates using at least 5,000 pineapples for these products. Each pint of pineapple juice costs the company 20 cents to produce, and each can of pineapple rings costs 50 cents to produce. How many pints of pineapple juice and cans of pineapple rings should Fancy Pineapple produce to meet the demand and minimize total costs ?

A) 25,000 pints of pineapple juice and 500 cans of pineapple rings
B) 500 pints of pineapple juice and 10,000 cans of pineapple rings
C) 1,000 pints of pineapple juice and 25,000 cans of pineapple rings
D) 10,000 pints of pineapple juice and 500 cans of pineapple rings
E) 25,000 pints of pineapple juice and 1,000 cans of pineapple rings