The production manager for Beer etc. produces two kinds of beer: light (L) and dark (D). Two resources used to produce beer are malt and wheat. The manager can obtain at most 4800 oz of malt per week and at most 3200 oz of wheat per week, respectively. Each bottle of light beer requires 12 oz of malt and 4 oz of wheat, while a bottle of dark beer uses 8 oz of malt and 8 oz of wheat. Profits for light beer are $2 per bottle, and profits for dark beer are $1 per bottle.
-What is the optimal weekly profit?
A) $1000
B) $900
C) $800
D) $700

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The optimal solution is to produce 200 bottles of light beer and 400 bottles of dark beer, which uses all available resources and results in a profit of $800.

The Production Manager for Beer Etc