3. A company produces two types of widgets. The profit for selling Widget A is $5 per unit while the profit for selling Widget B is $7 per unit. If the company wants to make a profit of at least $8000, and they can produce no more than 1200 widgets combined, what is the minimum number of Widget A units they must sell?
Let x be the number of Widget A units and y be the number of Widget B units. We have the following inequalities:
5x + 7y ≥ 8000 (profit constraint)
x + y ≤ 1200 (production constraint)
To minimize the number of Widget A units, we want to maximize the number of Widget B units. We can rewrite the production constraint as:
x ≥ 1200 - y
Substituting this into the profit constraint, we get:
5(1200 - y) + 7y ≥ 8000
Simplifying and solving for y, we have:
6000 - 5y + 7y ≥ 8000
2y ≥ 2000
y ≥ 1000
Since we want to minimize x, we can take the maximum possible value for y:
y = 1000
Now, we find the value of x:
x ≥ 1200 - y = 1200 - 1000 = 200
So, the minimum number of Widget A units the company must sell is 200.