SOLUTION: Assume a bicycle wheel weighs 3 lbs and a bicycle frame weighs 5 lbs. If a supplier delivers 432 lbs of wheels and 355 lbs of frames to a small manufacturing company, and if each b

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Question 703255: Assume a bicycle wheel weighs 3 lbs and a bicycle frame weighs 5 lbs. If a supplier delivers 432 lbs of wheels and 355 lbs of frames to a small manufacturing company, and if each bike has a profit margin of $25, what amount of money could the company make on these bicycles?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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A bicycle need 2 wheels, which weigh +2%2A3+=+6+ lbs
+432+%2F+6+=+72+ bikes
Each bike needs a frame, so
+355+%2F+5+=+71+ bikes
So, they can only make 71 bikes, since they are
limited by the number of frames.
+71%2A25+=+1775+
They can make $1,775 on the bikes