Fruit Trees (Refer to in Section 5.1.) Suzanne owns an orchard and wants to plant some

Chapter 5, Problem 46

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Fruit Trees (Refer to in Section 5.1.) Suzanne owns an orchard and wants to plant some additional fruit trees to obtain maximum revenue. She will use at most 43,560 square feet of land and can plant pear, peach, and plum trees. She wants the combined total of peach trees and plum trees to be no more than 150 but also wants to make sure that the number of pear trees does not exceed the number of peach trees by more than 10. (a) Determine how many of each type of tree Suzanne should plant and the maximum revenue. (b) What is the maximum revenue? Area Yield Revenue Tree needed (bushels) (dollars/bushel) Pear 120 1/2 8.94 Peach 450 4 14.48 Plum 320 2 10.28 Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension.

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