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\n" ); document.write( "Snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a unit of lumber and $45 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $17160 \n" ); document.write( "
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In a given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a unit of lumber and $45 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $17160
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\n" ); document.write( "Quantity Eq::: P = 3L
\n" ); document.write( "Profit Eq::: 45P + 30L = 17160
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for \"P\" and solve for \"L\":
\n" ); document.write( "45(3L) + 30L = 17160
\n" ); document.write( "135L + 30L = 17160
\n" ); document.write( "165L = 17160
\n" ); document.write( "L = 104 (# of units of lumber to be produced)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"P\":
\n" ); document.write( "P = 3L
\n" ); document.write( "P = 3(104) = 312 (# of units of plywood to be produced)
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