How many eagles and how many parrots should e produced per day to give the greatest feasible profit and to determine the profit?

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Calvin Butterball is chief of operations for the Fly-by-Night Aircraft Corp. He is responsible for the manufacturing of the company's two models of planes: The parrot and the eagle. Each department of the company has restrictions concerning the number of planes, which can be manufactures each day. No more than 7 eagles and no more than 11 parrots can be manufactured per day. No more than 12 total planes total can be shipped per day. The number of eagles manufactures must be no more than twice the number of parrots manufactured each day. You much use more than 1000 hours of labor per day; it takes 100 man-hours to manufacture each parrot and 200 man-hours to manufacture each eagle. Fly-by-Night makes a profit of $300 per parrot and $200 per eagle. How many eagles and how many parrots should e produced per day to give the greatest feasible profit and to determine the profit?

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