document.write( "Question 426658: I am having a terrible time trying to figure out!
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a textile company has a specific dyeing and drying times for its different cloths. A roll of cloth A requires 75 minutes of dyeing time and 50 minutes of drying time. A roll of cloth B requires 55 minutes of dyeing time and 30 minutes of drying time. the production division allocates 3340 minutes of dyeing time and 2040 minutes of drying time for the week. How many rolls of each cloth can be dyed and dried?
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "the questions Sets up 2 Equations with 2 unknowns
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document.write( "Let x and y be the number of rolls of cloth A and cloth B respectively
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document.write( "   75x + 55y = 3340min    |dyeing time  total
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document.write( "   50x + 30y = 2040min    |drying time total\r
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document.write( "    x = 24, number of rolls of cloth A
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document.write( "and y = 28, number or rolls of cloth B\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "  75*24 + 55*28 = 1800 + 1540 = 3340min \n" );
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