SOLUTION: Snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $20 on a unit of l
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Question 342936: Snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $20 on a unit of lumber and $40 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $10,100 Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = units of lumber / day converted
Let = units of plywood / day converted
given: = profit from units of plywood / day = profit from units of lumber / day
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By substitution:
And, by substitution,
101 units of lumber and 202 units of plywood per day must
be produced to make a profit of $10,100.
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