The phony bologna meat company offers two platters. platter a comes with 4 hamburgers, 3 hot dogs, and 2 pig's feet, and costs $15. platter b comes with 3 hamburgers, 4 hot dogs, and 5 pig's feet, and costs $12. a picnic organizer requires 220 hamburgers, 270 hot dogs, and 250 pig's feet. (there can be leftovers, but these are the minimum requirements.) what is the minimum cost (in dollars) ?

The solution for this problem is:

If there is 60 platters of B at a cost of $720:

(220 - 60 x 3) / 4 = 10 platters of A to make up for the deficit in hamburgers

(270 - 60 x 4) / 3 = 10 platters of A to make up for the deficit in hot dogs

(250 - 60 x 5) / 2 = 0 platters of A since there is no deficit in pigs feet

So 10 platters A are required at a cost of $150. $720 + $150 = for a total minimum cost of $870.