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A local florist wants to determine the optimal combination of regular and special floral arrangements to maximize profits. Regular arrangements require 3 mums, 3 daises, and 2 roses while special arrangements require 4 mums, 2 daises, and 4 roses. The florist has 60 mums, 54 daises, and 52 roses available. Regular arrangements sell for $2 each while special arrangements sell for $3 each. By setting up inequalities and finding the feasible region, the florist determines that making 8 regular and 9 special arrangements will yield the maximum profit of $43.

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A local florist wants to determine the optimal combination of regular and special floral arrangements to maximize profits. Regular arrangements require 3 mums, 3 daises, and 2 roses while special arrangements require 4 mums, 2 daises, and 4 roses. The florist has 60 mums, 54 daises, and 52 roses available. Regular arrangements sell for $2 each while special arrangements sell for $3 each. By setting up inequalities and finding the feasible region, the florist determines that making 8 regular and 9 special arrangements will yield the maximum profit of $43.

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Profit Margin of a

Florist
By Evan Prochaska

Problem
A local florist is making two types of floral
arrangements for Thanksgiving: regular and
special. Each regular arrangement requires 3
mums, 3 daises, 2 roses. Each special
arrangement requires 4 mums, 2 daises, and
4 roses. The florist has set aside 60 mums, 54
daises, and 52 roses for the two types of
arrangements. The florist will make a profit of
$2 on each regular arrangement and $3 on
each special arrangement. How many type of
each type of arrangement should the florist
make in order to make the most money?
What is the maximum profit?

Explanation
A florist is trying to figure out the best
combination of regular and special
arrangements to make the most profits.
These arrangements are made of mums,
daises and roses. The regular arrangement
has 3 mums, 3 daises, and 2 roses, The
specials arrangement requires 4 mums, 2
daises, and 4 roses. The florist has a total of
60 mums, 54 daises, and 52 roses. The
regular arrangements sell for a price of $2
and the special arrangements sell for $3.

Mums

Mums the Word. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. <http://www.salientlandscaping.com/?tag=fall-mums>

The amount of mums that can be used can


be shown in the inequality 3x + 4y 60 the
x is the regular arrangements and y is the
special arrangements.

Daises
Daisy. Web. 21 Sept. 2015. <http://dreamatico.com/daisy.html>.

The amount of daises that can be used is


shown in the inequality 3x + 2y 54 were
again the x is the regular and the y is the
special.

Roses
Use the healing and other health advantages of the Roses. Web. 21
Sept. 2015. <
http://www.cuisineandhealth.com/use-the-healing-and-other-health-ad
vantages-of-the-roses/
>.

The amount of roses used is shown in the


inequality 2x + 4y 52 x shows the regular
arrangements y is the special arrangements.

Real Life Constraints

There are two real life constraints since he


cannot have negative regular or special
arrangements.
x0 and y0

Graph of Feasible
Region
Special arrangements

Area for profit of the Florist

Regular arrangements

Profit of the Florist


The equation of the profit is P= 2x + 3y
where x is the amount of regular
arrangements and y is the amount of special
arrangements.This equation is set to find the
best amount of regular and special
arrangements that makes the greatest
profit. The 2 represents what the regular
arrangements sell for and the 3 is what the
special arrangements sell for.

Vertices of Feasible
Region
The vertices are at the points (0,13) (8,9)
(16,3) (18,0) (0,0). These points represent
the edge of the region that would fit all of
the requirements of the inequalities.

Solutions for the Coordinate


points
(0,13) P = 2(0) + 3 (13) P=39
(8,9) P= 2(8) + 3(9) P=43
(16,3) P= 2(16) + 3(3) P=41
(18,0) P= 2(18) + 3(0) P=36
(0,0) P= 2(0) + 3(0) P=0

Solution

So 8 regular and 9 specials arrangements is


the most profitable amount of flower
arrangements.

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