Question

PLEASE HELP....
Aurelia makes and sells ceramic cups and plates. It takes her 10 minutes to make a cup and 20 minutes to make a plate. Each cup uses 3 pounds of clay and each plate uses 2 pounds of clay. She has 160 minutes available for making the cups and plates and has 20 pounds of clay on hand.

If she makes a profit of $2 on each cup and $3 on each plate, how many cups and plates should she make to maximize her profit.

A) Aurelia should make 7 cups and 0 plates to maximize her profit.
B) Aurelia should make 0 cups and 8 plates to maximize her profit.
C) Aurelia should make 2 cups and 7 plates to maximize her profit.
D) Aurelia should make 7 cups and 2 plates to maximize her profit.

Answer 1

Option C, she should make 2 cups and 7 plates to get the maximum profit of $25, within the time and resources available to her.