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Question 1199460: Medina's Furniture company has been producing 2795 chairs a day working two shifts. The second shift has produced 91 chairs fewer than seven-sixths of the number of chairs produced by the first shift. Determine the number of chairs produced by the second shift.
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Medina's Furniture company has been producing 2795 chairs a day working two shifts. The second shift has produced 91 chairs fewer than seven-sixths of the number of chairs produced by the first shift. Determine the number of chairs produced by the second shift.

Let number produced by 2nd shift be S
Since both shifts produced 2,795 chairs, the 1st shift produced 2,795 - S
Itw's given that the 2nd shift produced 91 fewer than %287%2F6%29%5E%28th%29 of the number the first shift produced.
                  This gives us: matrix%281%2C3%2C+S%2C+%22=%22%2C+%287%2F6%29%28%222%2C795%22+-+S%29+-+91%29 ----- Substituting 2,795 - S for humber 1st shift produced
                                 6S = 7(2,795) - 7S - 546 ---- Multiplying by LCD, 6
                            6S + 7S = 7(2,795) - 546
                                13S = 7(2,795) - 546
Number produced by 2nd shift, or