document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166079>Question 166079</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A vendor at the county fair wishes to spend $312 on his milkshake booth and has a goal of earning $1410. He figures he can make a small shake for $0.45 and a large shake for $0.75. He plans to sell a small shake for $2.25 and a large shake for $3.00. Write and solve a system of equations to determine how many of each size shake he will need to make and sell in order to reach his goal. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Okay my teacher is a crazy lunatic and thinks i am super smart by giving me a super hard question, and i struggle with math in the first place. I understand that i need to find the x and y varibles but im not sure where to begin. theres the amount of money he needs to make a shake and then the amount that hes going to sell them for. am i correct?.... oh and this isnt in my book. he just makes them up randomly. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #122484 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=122484\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am sorry, but I think something is missing in this problem ...at least the way it is written.  The cost of the booth is a fixed cost of $312 dollars that vendors must spend in order to operate at a fair and $1410 is a fixed amount that the vendor would like to earn.   We can only really generate one equation here with 2 variables as far as I can see\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " and that would be if A were the number of small milkshakes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then (2.25-.45)A + (3.00-.75)B = $1410+312 (amount you want to make plus fixed costs)   so 1.80A+2.25B=1522.   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we need more information to solve this in my opinion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SO MAYBE YOUR TEACHER IS CRAZY EITHER THAT OR I AM....LOL  </SPAN>\n" );
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