Problema Solution

Snookers Lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $30 on a unit of lumber and $40 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of $14790?

Snookers Lumber must produce and sell ? units of lumber and ? units of plywood to make a profit of $11330.

Answer provided by our tutors

30x + 40y = 14790

-2x + y = 0

we get

x = 134.45  rounded to  134

y = 268.90  rounded to 269

 

lumber   134

plywood   269