Use the following information to answer questions 20-22.
The table below shows the number of pounds of sugar, flour, and butter required to make 500 of each of 3 types of cookies sold at Van Mert’s Bakery. Let s represent the price of 1 pound of sugar, f the price of 1 pound of flour, and b the price of 1 pound of butter. All prices are in dollars.
21. The bakery has 27 pounds of sugar, 24 pounds of flour, and 20 pounds of butter in stock. What is the maximum number of oatmeal cookies the bakery can make from the ingredients in stock?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is A
Explanation
In the question, I learned that every 500 oatmeal cookies need 5 pounds of sugar, 6 pounds of flour, and 4 pounds of butter. And because 27÷5=5.4, 24÷6=4, 20÷4=5, so the amount of flour is only enough to make 4×500=2000