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A factory manufactures two types of screws A and B; each type requiring the use

of two machines an automatic and a hand operated. It takes 4 minutes on the

automatic and 6 minutes on the hand operated machines to manufacture a

package of screws A, while it takes 6 minutes on automatic and 3 minutes on the

hand operated machines to manufacture a package of screws B. Each machine is

available for at the most 4 hours a day. The manufacturers can sell a package of

screws A at a profifit of Kshs 7 and screws B at a profifit of Kshs 10. Assuming that

he can sell all the screws he manufactures, how many packages of each type

should the factory owner produce in a day in order to maximize his profifit?

Determine the maximum profifit

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