Question 181216
well, if he is going to live up to what people want then he is going to have to make 3 times as many small pastries. 200 pastries is also a given.
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let S and L be the number of small and large pastries made, respectively
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S+L=200...........eq 1
S=3L..............eq 2
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take S's value of 3L from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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3L+L=200
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4L=200
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{{{highlight(L=50)}}}number of Large pastries
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{{{S=3L=3(50)=highlight(150)}}}number of small pastries