SOLUTION: a boy sells shirts and ties to make a profit of $5 on each tie and $8 on each shirt, write an expression to represent his total profit 2)draw a graph and then from the graph, fin

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Question 389169: a boy sells shirts and ties to make a profit of $5 on each tie and $8 on each shirt, write an expression to represent his total profit
2)draw a graph and then from the graph, find the number of shirts and ties that he must buy to obtain max profit (3)calculate the max profit
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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If t is the number of ties sold and s is the number of shirts sold, the profit is 5t + 8s.

The graph would look 3-dimensional, since there are two independent inputs and one output. There is not enough information to calculate maximum profit.