document.write( "Question 351355: A company produces three types of athletic shirt. A dozen tank tops requires
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A dozen tank tops requires 1 hour on the cutting machine, 2 hours on the sewing machine, and 3 hours on the packaging machine.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cutting Equation: t + 3s + 6L = 21
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