document.write( "Question 83457: Turley Tailor Inc. makes long-sleeve, shortsleeve,
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document.write( "and sleeveless blouses. A long-sleeve blouse
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document.write( "requires 1.5 hours of cutting and 1.2 hours of sewing. A
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document.write( "short-sleeve blouse requires 1 hour of cutting and .9 hour of
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document.write( "sewing. A sleeveless blouse requires .5 hour of cutting
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document.write( "and .6 hour of sewing. There are 380 hours of labor available
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document.write( "in the cutting department each day and 330 hours in
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document.write( "the sewing department. If the plant is to run at full capacity,
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document.write( "how many of each type of blouse should be made each day?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #59994 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A long-sleeve blouse requires 1.5 hours of cutting and 1.2 hours of sewing. \n" ); document.write( "---------- \n" ); document.write( "A short-sleeve blouse requires 1 hour of cutting and .9 hour of sewing. \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "A sleeveless blouse requires .5 hour of cutting and .6 hour of sewing. \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "There are 380 hours of labor available in the cutting department each day \n" ); document.write( "and 330 hours in the sewing department. \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "If the plant is to run at full capacity, \n" ); document.write( "how many of each type of blouse should be made each day?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let x be # of long-sleeve; y be # of short sleeve ; z be # of sleeveless blouses. \n" ); document.write( "EQUATIONS: \n" ); document.write( "Cutting Eq: 1.5x + y + 0.5z <=380 \n" ); document.write( "Sewing Eq: 1.2x +0.9y + 0.6z <= 330 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Comment: You need additional information to give you a 3rd equation \n" ); document.write( "so you can solve for x,y, and z. \n" ); document.write( "============ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |