An international organization must decide how to spend the $2,000,000 they have been allotted for famine relief in a remote area.They expect to divide the money between buying rice at $38.50/sack and beans at $35/sack. The number, P, of people who would be fed if they buy x sacks of rice and y sacks of beans is given by xy P = 1.1x+y- 108 What is the maximum number of people that can be fed, and how should the organization allocate its money? Round your answers to the nearest integer. Pmax = i 57135 is attained on buying i 25974 sacks of rice or i 28571 sacks of beans.

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An international organization must decide how to spend the $2,000,000 they have been allotted for famine relief in a remote
area.They expect to divide the money between buying rice at $38.50/sack and beans at $35/sack. The number, P, of people who would
be fed if they buy x sacks of rice and y sacks of beans is given by
xy
P = 1.1x+y-
108
What is the maximum number of people that can be fed, and how should the organization allocate its money?
Round your answers to the nearest integer.
Pmax =
i 57135
is attained on buying i 25974
sacks of rice or
i 28571
sacks of beans.
Transcribed Image Text:An international organization must decide how to spend the $2,000,000 they have been allotted for famine relief in a remote area.They expect to divide the money between buying rice at $38.50/sack and beans at $35/sack. The number, P, of people who would be fed if they buy x sacks of rice and y sacks of beans is given by xy P = 1.1x+y- 108 What is the maximum number of people that can be fed, and how should the organization allocate its money? Round your answers to the nearest integer. Pmax = i 57135 is attained on buying i 25974 sacks of rice or i 28571 sacks of beans.
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