SOLUTION: one book cost $5.00 and one set of mathematical instruments cost $3.00. What is the maximum number of each that you can buy with $50.00 if you are to buy twice as many sets of math
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Question 805347: one book cost $5.00 and one set of mathematical instruments cost $3.00. What is the maximum number of each that you can buy with $50.00 if you are to buy twice as many sets of mathematical instruments as books?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5b+3m<=50,
m=2b
5b+3*(2b)=50
11b<=50
b<=50/11 which is 4.54
Go down to whole number
4*5=20
8*3=24
$44 total
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