Deluxe coffee is to be mixed with regular coffee to make at least 50 pounds of a blended coffee. the mixture must contain at least 10 pounds of deluxe coffee. deluxe coffee costs $6 per pound and regular coffee $3 per pound. how many pounds of each kind of coffee should be used to minimize costs? to attain the minimum cost, use pounds of deluxe coffee and pounds of regular coffee.

a.) list the factors of 40.

1/2/4/5/8/10/20/40

b.) list the factors of 40 that represent the number of cans that could be on each shelf.

5

c.) how many different arrangements of cans are possible?

just one because if you put more on one shelf you will go way over 40 and the cabinet will probably break.

d.) what are the possible arrangements of the cans?

put 5 cans on each self to reach 40 cans in total.

e.) which arrangement uses all the shelves?

5 because you can put 5 cans on each shelf, and since there are 8 shelfs you are equally going to get 40 cans.

60: 45 =12: 9 =4: 3 so the answer is 4: 3