SOLUTION: A baker is making pastries to sell at a fair. A small pastry costs $1.50 to prepare. A large pastry costs $2.50 to prepare. The baker will make 200 pastries. Usually, about thr

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: A baker is making pastries to sell at a fair. A small pastry costs $1.50 to prepare. A large pastry costs $2.50 to prepare. The baker will make 200 pastries. Usually, about three times as many people buy small pastries than large pastries. How can the baker keep costs to a minimum while still making sure people have the pastries they want?
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
well, if he is going to live up to what people want then he is going to have to make 3 times as many small pastries. 200 pastries is also a given.
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let S and L be the number of small and large pastries made, respectively
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S+L=200...........eq 1
S=3L..............eq 2
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take S's value of 3L from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
:
3L+L=200
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4L=200
:
number of Large pastries
:
number of small pastries
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