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Question 330017: Model A takes 2 hours to assemble
Model B takes 3 hours to assemble
Model A costs $25 to make per bike
Model B costs $30 to make per bike
If a company has a total of 34 hours and $350 available per day for those two models, how many of each models can be made in a day?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Model A takes 2 hours to assemble
Model B takes 3 hours to assemble
Model A costs $25 to make per bike
Model B costs $30 to make per bike
If a company has a total of 34 hours and $350 available per day for those two models, how many of each models can be made in a day?
Let A be the number of Model A's and B be the number of model B's.
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Let A be represented by the x axis and B by the y axis.
Plot the line,  and plot the line  and find the intersection point when
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The company could assemble any combination of A and B within the blue box with vertices:(0,0),(0,34/3),(2,10),(14,0).
As an example,  ,  would work. However they would have hours and money left over.
If they want to use exactly $350 and 34 hours, then the only solution is ,
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