An international organization must decide how to spendthe $2000 they have been allotted

Chapter 15, Problem 32

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An international organization must decide how to spendthe $2000 they have been allotted for famine relief in aremote area. They expect to divide the money betweenbuying rice at $5/sack and beans at $10/sack. The number,P, of people who would be fed if they buy x sacksof rice and y sacks of beans is given byP = x + 2y + x2y22 108 .What is the maximum number of people that can be fed,and how should the organization allocate its money?

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