SOLUTION: A furniture shop refinishes tables. Employees use two methods to refinish tables. Method I takes
0.5
hours and the material costs
$9
.
Method II takes
2.0 hours, and the mate
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Question 1077485: A furniture shop refinishes tables. Employees use two methods to refinish tables. Method I takes
0.5
hours and the material costs
$9
.
Method II takes
2.0 hours, and the material costs
$7
.
Next week, they plan to spend
99 hours in labor and
$564 in material for refinishing tables. How many tables should they plan to refinish with each method? (Round to two decimal places if necessary
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the two methods be x and y. Then:
.5x+2y=99
9x+7y=564
So:
9x+36y=1782
9x+7y=564
29y=1218
y=42
x=30
They should refinish 30 tables using the first method, and 42 tables using the second. ☺☺☺☺
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