A store sells two types of toys, A and B. One unit of toys A yields a profit of $2, while a unit of toys B yields a profit of $3. The store owner, Anthony, estimates that no more than 2000 toys will be sold every month. Anthony pays $8 and $14 for each one of toy A and B respectively. He also does not plan to invest more that $25,000 in inventory of these toys. Identify the constraints that represent the situation.
Let x be the total number of toys A and y the number of toys B; x and y cannot be negative, hence x≥0 and y≥0 The store owner estimates that no more than 2000 toys will be old every month. x+y≤2000 One unit of toys A yields a profit of $2 while a unit of toys B yields a profit of $3, hence the total profit P is given by P=2x+3y The store owner pays $8 and $14 for each one unit of toy A and B respectively and he does not plant to invest more than $20,000 in inventory of these toys 8x+14y≤20,00 What do we have to solve? Find x and y so that P=2x+3y is maximum under the conditions x≥0 x≥0 x+y≤2000 8x+14y≤20,000
The solution set of the system of inequalities given above and the vertices of the region obtained are shown below: Vertices of the solution set A at (0,0) B at (0.1429) C at (1333,667) D at (2000,0) Calculate the total profit P at each vertex P(A)=2(0)+3(0)=0 P(B)=2(0)+3(1429)=4287 P(C)=2(1333)+3(667)=4667 P(D)=2(2000)+3(0)=4000 The maximum profit is at vertex C with x=1333 and y=667 Hence the store owner has to have 1333 toys of type A and 667 toys of type B in order to maximize his profit