SOLUTION: you wish to replenish your stock of dishes by purchasing 250 sets for the restaurant. You have two different dish designs available. one cost $20 per set and the other is $45 per s

Question 284158: you wish to replenish your stock of dishes by purchasing 250 sets for the restaurant. You have two different dish designs available. one cost $20 per set and the other is $45 per set. If you have $6800 to spend , how many of each design should you order? x=$20 dishes and y=$45 dishes.
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Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+y=250
20x+45y=6800
20(250-y)+45y=6800
5000-20y+45y=6800
25y=1800
y=72
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x+72=250
x=178

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