Problema Solution

Snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out three times as many 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 $18360?

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P=3L

equation;

30L+50P=18360 

Substitute P=3L;

30L+50(3L)=18360

multiply and collect like terms;

30L+150L=18360

180L=18360

divide each side by 180;

L=102

Multiply 3(102) to find what P equals;

P=3(102)

P=306