SOLUTION: snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In any given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a u
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Question 330354: snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In any given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a unit of lumber and $50 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $18540?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of units of lumber produced. Then let 
represent the number of units of plywood produced. We are given that 
.
The profit equation is:
Substituting what we know about the relationship between and ,
\ =\ 18540)
Just solve for and then multiply that by 3 to get
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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