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document.write( "Snookers Lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood.  In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber.  It makes a profit of $20 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 $12240? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity Eq:::P = 2L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Profit Eq::::20L + 50P = 12240<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"P\" and solve for \"L\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20L + 50(2L) = 12240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120L = 12240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 102 units of lunber<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since P=2L, P = 204 units of plywood<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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