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