The Editors at Snoozeweek, a News Magazine, Constantly Alter the Proportion

The editors at Snoozeweek, a news magazine, constantly alter the proportion of celebrity photographs and mundane news stories so as to maximize the number of copies sold. A statistical consultant has estimated sales to be S = 1,000C 0.60N 0.60, where C is the number of celebrity photographs and N is column inches of news stories. If the editors only have $8,000 to spend on each edition with celebrity photos costing $200 each and news stories costing $10 per column inch, what should the editors do

A) Purchase 23 celebrity photos and 340 column inches of news stories.
B) Purchase 20 celebrity photos and 400 column inches of news stories.
C) Purchase 25 celebrity photos and 300 column inches of news stories.
D) Purchase 16 celebrity photos and 480 column inches of news stories.
E) Purchase 15 celebrity photos and 500 column inches of news stories.

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