Mallory Furniture buys two products for resale: big shelves (B) and medium shelves (M). Each big shelf costs $500 and requires 100 cubic feet of storage space, and each medium shelf costs $300 and requires 90 cubic feet of storage space. The company has $75,000 to invest in shelves this week, and the warehouse has 18,000 cubic feet available for storage. Profit for each big shelf is $300 and for each medium shelf is $150.
-Which of the following is not a feasible purchase combination?
A) 0 big shelves and 200 medium shelves
B) 0 big shelves and 0 medium shelves
C) 150 big shelves and 0 medium shelves
D) 100 big shelves and 100 medium shelves

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Option D is not feasible because it requires more storage space and investment than available. 100 big shelves and 100 medium shelves would cost $80,000 (exceeding the $75,000 budget) and require 19,000 cubic feet of storage space (exceeding the 18,000 cubic feet available).

Mallory Furniture Buys Two Products for Resale: Big Shelves (B)