SOLUTION: As a restaurant owner there are many decisions that you need to make on a daily basis, such as where to keep inventory levels. You wish to replenish your stock of dishes by purcha
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Question 368860: As a restaurant owner there are many decisions that you need to make on a daily basis, such as where to keep inventory levels. You wish to replenish your stock of dishes by purchasing 250 sets for your restaurant. You have two dish design from which to choose. One design costs $20 per set and the other $45 per set. If you only have $6,800 to spend, how many of each design should you order?
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of $20/set sets and 
represent the number of $45/set sets. Then:
Elimination is the easiest for this system.
Multiply the first equation by 
Add the two equations:
From which you get:
hence
Check by substituting the calculated values back into the two equations to ensure that both equations are true statements when the values are inserted.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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