Agriculture-crop planning a farmer has 150 acres of land


Question: AGRICULTURE-CROP PLANNING A farmer has 150 acres of land suitable for cultivating crops A and B. The cost of cultivating crop A is $40/acre whereas that of crop B is $60/acre. The farmer has a maximum of $7400 available for land cultivation. Each acre of crop A requires 20 labor-hours, and each acre of crop B requires 25 laborhours. The farmer has a maximum of 3300 labor-hours available. If he expects to make a profit of $150/acre on crop A and $200/acre on crop B, how many acres of each crop should he plant in order to maximize his profit? What is the largest profit the farmer can realize? Are there any resources left over?

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