A small country exports soybeans and flowers. Soybeans require 8 workers per acre, flowers require 12 workers per acre, and 100,000 workers are available. Government contracts require that there be at least 3 times as many acres of soybeans as flowers planted. It costs $250 per acre to plant soybeans and $300 per acre to plant flowers, and there is a budget of $3 million. If the profit from soybeans is $1,600 per acre and the profit from flowers is $2,400 per acre, find the maximum profit. Round the answer to the nearest tenth of million.
A) $20 million
B) $24.4 million
C) $23 million
D) $22.1 million
E) $21.1 million
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