One of the businesses you need to partner with is a fruit orchard to ensure you will
have enough ingredients to bake each of your sweet treats.
Upon your research, you discovered two organic and local orchards that offer a variety of fruits throughout the
year. You reach out to each orchard for a quote on how much they would charge to provide and deliver fruits to
your bakery. Your investors only allow you to sign one fruit supplier for your bakery. You must decide which
orchard to sign a contract with to become your primary supplier of fruits for your bakery.
The price for each orchard is listed below:
DAVID'S ORCHARD
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$5 flat shipping fee
Each pound costs $4.50
PAM'S ORCHARD
$20 flat shipping fee
Each pound costs $3.25
Prompt
In this task, you will be the chef owner of your bakery, trying to decide which orchard to sign a contract with to
become your primary supplier of fruits. You must write a letter to your investors for approval of the contract
which must include the following considerations:
. A mathematical model for both orchards.
A consideration of budget ($40/week)
A consideration of the amount of fruits needed (30 pounds/week)
A comparison for when both orchards will be the same price.
Your decision to your investors on which orchard should receive the contract with evidence grounded in
mathematical reasoning.