SOLUTION: snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In any given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a u

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Question 330354: snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In any given day, the mill turns out three times as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a unit of lumber and $50 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $18540?
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Let represent the number of units of lumber produced. Then let represent the number of units of plywood produced. We are given that .

The profit equation is:



Substituting what we know about the relationship between and ,



Just solve for and then multiply that by 3 to get

John

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