A small candy shop is preparing for the holiday season. The owner must decide how many bags of deluxe mix and how many bags of standard mix of Peanut/Raisin Delite to put up. The deluxe mix has .65 pounds of raisins and .35 pounds of peanuts, and the standard mix has 0.4 pounds of raisins and 0.6 pounds of peanuts per bag. The shop has 60 pounds of raisins and 50 pounds of peanuts to work with. Peanuts cost \( \$ 0.75 \) per pound and raisins cost \( \$ 2 \) per pound. The deluxe mix will sell for \( \$ 3 \) for a onepound bag. and the standard mix will sell for \( \$ 2 \) for a one-pound bag. The owner estimates that no more than 80 bags of one type can be sold. a. If the goal is to maximize profits, how many bags of each type should be prepared? Note: Round your answers to the nearest whole number. b. What is the expected profit? Note: Use your UNROUNDED decislon varlable values from Part a. Round your final answer to two declmal places.
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