The operations manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co.produces two beers: Lite (L)and Dark (D).Two of his resources are constrained:
Production time,which is limited to 8 hours (480 minutes)per day; and malt extract (one of his ingredients),of which he can get only 675 gallons each day.To produce a keg of Lite beer requires 2 minutes of time and 5 gallons of malt extract,while each keg of Dark beer needs 4 minutes of time and 3 gallons of malt extract.Profits for Lite beer are $3.00 per keg,and profits for Dark beer are $2.00 per keg.What are optimal daily profits?
A) $0
B) $240
C) $420
D) $405
E) $505

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The optimal solution is to produce 105 kegs of Lite beer and 90 kegs of Dark beer, which maximizes the profit to $420 while satisfying both the time and malt extract constraints.

The Operations Manager for the Blue Moon Brewing Co