Cookies Final Project

Problem statement
Ava just opened a cookie shop, she decided that she was going to sell her 2 favorite cookies,
oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies. Ava needs to know how much of each cookie
she should sell to get the max amount of profit. Each batch of oatmeal cookies makes 48 cookies
and 1 batch of sugar cookies makes 55 cookies.

Question
What is the best combination of oatmeal and sugar cookies for the maximum amount of profit?

Constraints
Time: There are only 48 hrs in total to bake both cookies.
❖ 1 batch of oatmeal cookies (48) takes .5 hrs to bake
❖ 1 batch of sugar cookies takes (55) 4 hrs to bake
Cost: The bakery has a maximum budget of $350.
❖ Oatmeal cookies cost $ 6.52 per batch of cookies
❖ Sugar cookies cost $5.32 per batch of cookies
Material: The bakery can only hold 10 dozen eggs in the fridge
❖ Oatmeal cookies need 2 eggs per batch
❖ Sugar cookies need 1 egg per batch

Pricing:
Oatmeal cookies: $1.50 per cookie
Markup 1000%
Sugar cookies: $1.00 per cookie
Markup 100%

Solution
Step 1: organize constraints

Constraints Oatmeal cookies Sugar cookies Total time

Time 30 min or .5 hrs 4 hrs 48hrs

Cost $6.52 per batch $5.32 per batch $350

Material 2 eggs 1 eggs 120 eggs

Step 2: Write inequalities

Constraint inequalities

Time 0.5m + 4s ≤ 48

Cost 6.52m + 5.32s ≤ 350

Materials 2m + s ≤ 120

Step 3: Graph the Feasible Region using the inequalities, and determine the best possible solutions.

M=X
S=Y

Step 4: Find the best profit for the solution:

Oatmeal cookies Sugar Cookies Profit

0 12 400

48 5 602

53 0 619
Oatmeal cookies:
Sell price per cookie: $1.50
Sell price per dozen: $18
Cost per cookie: $0.14
Cost per dozen: $6.52
Profit per cookie: $1.36
Profit per dozen : $11.48

Sugar Cookies
Sell price per cookie: $1.00
Sell price per dozen: $12
Cost per cookie: $0.09
Cost per dozen: $5.32
Profit per cookie: $0.91
Profit per dozen: $6.68

Ava should just make 53 oatmeal cookies for the maximum profit

Reflection

What is something you are proud of from this unit, and if you were to do this project again how would
you refine it further?

During this unit I went through a rollercoster of understanding. I would get the first part of the unit
and then as it would advance I would find my self challenged by the work. I am proud that i was able
to write my own pow and solve it based on the information I was able to gather. Even though
struggled with the class work I was able to persevere through challenges and complete this project.
If i were to do this project again I would go back and look at the ingredient lists and costs just to
make sure everything was correct, I would also sell to see if my solution was close to a real world
problem. Overall I feel like this project helped me understand the unites more and challenged me to
step out of my comfort zone.