1) Mrs. Peterson wants to crochet hats and blankets for a church fund-raising
bazaar. She needs 7 hours to make a hat and 5 hours to make an afghan and she
has 70 hours available. She needs 5 yards of yarn to make a hat and 10 yards of
yarn to make a blanket but only has 95 yards of yarn to use. The bazaar will sell
the hats for $12 each and the blankets for $10 each. How many of each should she
make to maximize the income for the bazaar?
Let H stand for the number of hats, B stand for the number of blankets.
State the Objective Function Z=
State the total hours' available constraint
State the total amount of yarn available constraint
Use the graph below to graph your constraints, label your Optimal Region points, and
evaluate them for the Optimal solution using your Z equation.
What is your Optimal Sales