A manufacturer produces nuts and bolts for industrial machinery. It takes 1hour of work on machine A and 3 hours on machine E to produce a packet ofnuts while it takes 3 hours on machine A and 1 hour on machine B toproduce a packet of bolts. He earns a profit of ? 17.50 per packet on nuts and27 per packet on bolts. How many packets of each should be produced eachday so as to maxámize his profit if he operates his machines for at the most 12hours a day? Also find the maium profitCESE 2009C, 12)

A manufacturer produces nuts and bolts for industrial machinery. It ta

1.	A manufacturer produces nuts and bolts for industrial machinery. It takes 1hour of work on machine A and 3 hours on machine E to produce a packet ofnuts while it takes 3 hours on machine A and 1 hour on machine B toproduce a packet of bolts. He earns a profit of ? 17.50 per packet on nuts and27 per packet on bolts. How many packets of each should be produced eachday so as to maxámize his profit if he operates his machines for at the most 12hours a day? Also find the maium profitCESE 2009C, 12)
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