document.write( "Question 1096741: A machine in a pottery factory takes 3 minutes to form a bowl and 2 minutes to form a plate. The material for a bowl costs $0.25 and the material for a plate costs $0.20. If the machine runs for 8 hours straight and exactly $44 is spent for materials, how many bowls and plates can be produced. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "From the condition, you have these two equations (the system of two equations)\r\n" );
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document.write( "   3*b +    2*p = 8*60      (1)    (minutes)\r\n" );
document.write( "0.25*b + 0.20*p =   44      (2)    (dollars)\r\n" );
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document.write( "where b = # of bowls,  p = # of plates.  Simplify\r\n" );
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document.write( "   3b +  2p =  480,         (3)\r\n" );
document.write( "  25b + 20p = 4400.         (4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Setup is done. Solve it by any method you know. Eliminating of \"p\" seems to be attractive.\r\n" );
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