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items to locat convenience stores. price and wait for them ripen Here art the typical costs and arling prices for each product. be producied enter Q. Do not lave anv field blonk: Patricia would love to bake these items seven days a week, but availability of ripe bananas is a constraint. The following quantities of ripe bananas are required for each of the products Patricia makes banana bread requires 1.25 pounds, muffins require 1.00 pound, and squares require 0.75 pounds. How much is the contribution margin per pound? Round answers to 2 decimal places, eg 15.25. Which product maximizes her profitability, given the constrained resource? The local convenience stores have told Patricia that they can sell as many loaves of banana bread as she can supply, but they can only sell a combined 20 dozen muffins and squares. In a given production period, if Patricia has 25 pounds of ripened bananas to work with, what quantities of each product should she make in order to maximize her profitability? (If no unit of an item is to be produced enter Q, Do not leave any field blank.) One of Patricia's favorite things in the whole world is her grandma's banana bread. Patricia has become so obsessed with this bread that she's using her grandma's recipe and making it for her friends. She and her friends have tweaked the recipe so that they can make delicious banana chocolate chip muffins and banana squares, too. They ve turned this into a side business, selling their items to local convenience stores. There's one problem: the baked goods are best when well-ripened bananas are used. They're often avaliable at a reduced price. But when they re not, Patricia has to buy green bananas at full price and wait for them ripen. Here are the typical costs and selling prices for each product

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