Cully Furniture Buys Two Products for Resale: Big Shelves (B)

Multiple Choice

Cully Furniture buys two products for resale: big shelves (B) and medium shelves (M) . Each big shelf costs $500 and requires 100 cubic feet of storage space, and each medium shelf costs $300 and requires 90 cubic feet of storage space. The company has $75,000 to invest in shelves this week, and the warehouse has 18,000 cubic feet available for storage. Profit for each big shelf is $300 and for each medium shelf is $150. In order to maximize profit, how many big shelves (B) and how many medium shelves (M) should be purchased?

A) B = 90, M = 75
B) B = 150, M = 0
C) B = 0, M = 200
D) B = 100, M = 100