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-A Candy Company Has $6\$ 6

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Use Linear Programming to Solve Problems
-A candy company has 125 pounds of cashews and 150 pounds of peanuts which they combine into two different mixes. The deluxe mix has half cashews and half peanuts and sells for $6\$ 6 per pound. The economy mix has one third cashews and two thirds peanuts and sells for $4.60\$ 4.60 per pound. How many pounds of each mix should be prepared for maximum revenue?


A) 200 pounds of deluxe and 75 pounds of economy
B) 300 pounds of deluxe and 50 pounds of economy
C) 100 pounds of deluxe and 25 pounds of economy
D) 125 pounds of deluxe and 0 pounds of economy

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