document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=25249>Question 25249</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Once again, I have issues with getting word problems into an equation. If there is someone who can set the equation up, I can take it from there (usually)! Thank you so much!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose wheat and sugar are the two basic ingredients necessary to bake two<BR>\n" );
document.write( "items: A loaf of bread and a muffin. A baker has 25 pounds of wheat and 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pounds of sugar. To bake each loaf of bread, the baker needs to use 1.3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pounds of wheat and 0.5 pounds of sugar. To bake each muffin, the baker<BR>\n" );
document.write( "needs 0.4 pounds of wheat and 0.16 pounds of sugar.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Set up the inequalitities representing the baker's possible choices for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "baking the number of loaves of bread and muffins to use up his available<BR>\n" );
document.write( "resources (wheat and sugar).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) If each loaf of bread is sold for $2.50, and each muffin is sold for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$1.15, define an equation to represent the baker's profit function. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #13716 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LolaFish><B>LolaFish(5)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LolaFish><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=13716\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (1.3+.5)x=(.16+.4)x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then X muffins * $1.15 + X loafs of bread * $2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hope i helped!  </SPAN>\n" );
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