An electronics firm produces two models of pocket calculators: the A-100 (A) and the B-200 (B). Each model uses one circuit board, of which there are only 2,500 available for this week's production. In addition, the company has allocated a maximum of 800 hours of assembly time this week for producing these calculators. Each A-100 requires 15 minutes to produce while each B-200 requires 30 minutes to produce. The firm forecasts that it could sell a maximum of 4,000 of the A-100s this week and a maximum of 1,000 B-200s. Profits for the A-100 are $1.00 each and profits for the B-200 are $4.00 each.
-What is the weekly profit when producing the optimal amounts?
A)$10,000.
B)$4,600.
C)$2,500.
D)$5,200.
E)$6,400.

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The optimal solution is to produce 2,000 A-100s and 500 B-200s. This will use all of the available circuit boards and assembly time, and will result in a profit of $10,000.

An Electronics Firm Produces Two Models of Pocket Calculators: the A-100