AGRICULTURE A fruit grower raises two crops,apples and peaches. Each of these crops is

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AGRICULTURE A fruit grower raises two crops,apples and peaches. Each of these crops is sent to threedifferent outlets for sale. These outlets are The FarmersMarket, The Fruit Stand, and The Fruit Farm. Thenumbers of bushels of apples sent to the three outlets are125, 100, and 75, respectively. The numbers of bushelsof peaches sent to the three outlets are 100, 175, and125, respectively. The profit per bushel for apples is$3.50 and the profit per bushel for peaches is $6.00.(a) Write a matrix that represents the number ofbushels of each crop that are shipped to each outletState what each entry of the matrix represents.(b) Write a matrix that represents the profit perbushel of each fruit. State what each entry of thematrix represents.(c) Find the product and state what each entry of thematrix represents.

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