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A Firm That Produces Bread and Tortillas Has Estimated the Quantities

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A firm that produces bread and tortillas has estimated the quantities of bread and tortillas that it can produce with two levels of total expenditures as shown in the table below.
 Total Cost =80 Total cost =100 Bread  Tortillas  Bread  Tortillas 50060045355540356040752080261000900120\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline { \text { Total Cost } = 80 } & & { \text { Total cost } = 100 } \\\hline \text { Bread } & \text { Tortillas } & \text { Bread } & \text { Tortillas } \\\hline 50 & 0 & 60 & 0 \\\hline 45 & 35 & 55 & 40 \\\hline 35 & 60 & 40 & 75 \\\hline 20 & 80 & 26 & 100 \\\hline 0 & 90 & 0 & 120 \\\hline\end{array} If it sells each of these products for $1 per unit, what is the optimal combination of bread and tortillas the firm should produce and what is the maximum profit it can achieve?

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