SOLUTION: Snookers Lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as it does lumber. It makes a profit of $25 on a

Question 144047: Snookers Lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as it does lumber. It makes a profit of $25 on a unit of lumber $40 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be sold in order to make a profit of $10710?
Snookers must produce and sell ? units of Lumber and ? units of Plywood to make a profit of $10710?
I cannot do most word puzzles, I did three earlier and now need some help with this one and I think another one too, can you help please?
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Snookers Lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as it does lumber. It makes a profit of $25 on a unit of lumber $40 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be sold in order to make a profit of $10710?
:
Let x = units of plywood sold
let y = units of lumber
:
A simple equation:
25x + 40y = 10710
:
It said,"the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as it does lumber"
therefore we can say:
x = 2y
;
Substitute 2y for x in the equation, find y:
25(2y) + 40y = 10710
50y + 40y = 10710
90y = 10710
y =
y = 119 units of plywood
:
I'll let you find x

Snookers must produce and sell ? units of Lumber and ? units of Plywood to make a profit of $10710?
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