The production manager for the Softy soft drink company is considering the production of two kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. Two of her resources are production time (8 hours = 480 minutes per day) and syrup (1 of the ingredients) limited to 675 gallons per day. To produce a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of syrup, while a diet case needs 4 minutes and 3 gallons of syrup. Profits for regular soft drink are $3.00 per case and profits for diet soft drink are $2.00 per case. What is the time constraint?
A) 2R + 4D ≤ 480
B) 2D + 4R ≤ 480
C) 2R + 3D ≤ 480
D) 3R + 2D ≤ 480

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The time constraint is based on the production time required for each type of soft drink. Regular requires 2 minutes and diet requires 4 minutes, with a total available time of 480 minutes per day. Thus, the constraint is 2R + 4D ≤ 480.

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