The Production Manager for the Coory Soft Drink Company Is

Multiple Choice

The production manager for the Coory soft drink company is considering the production of two kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. Two of her limited resources are production time (8 hours = 480 minutes per day) and syrup (1 of the ingredients) , limited to 675 gallons per day. To produce a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of syrup, while a diet case needs 4 minutes and 3 gallons of syrup. Profits for regular soft drink are $3.00 per case and profits for diet soft drink are $2.00 per case. What are the optimal daily production quantities of each product and the optimal daily profit?

A) R = 75, D = 90, Z = $405
B) R = 135, D = 0, Z = $405
C) R = 90, D = 75, Z = $420
D) R = 40, D= 100, Z = $320