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Part 1)You own a hamburger franchise and are planning to shut down operations for the day, but you are left with 9 buns, 12 defrosted beef patties, and 10 opened cheese slices

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Part 1)You own a hamburger franchise and are planning to shut down operations for the day, but you are left with 9 buns, 12 defrosted beef patties, and 10 opened cheese slices. Rather than throw them out, you decide to use them to make burgers that you will sell at a discount. Plain burgers each require 1 beef patty and 1 bun, double cheeseburgers each require 2 beef patties, 1 bun, and 2 slices of cheese, while regular cheeseburgers each require 1 beef patty, 1 bun, and 1 slice of cheese. How many of each should you make?

plain burgers ?

double cheeseburgers?

regular cheeseburgers ? 

Part 2)Urban Community College is planning to offer courses in Finite Math, Applied Calculus, and Computer Methods. Each section of Finite Math has 40 students and earns the college $40,000 in revenue. Each section of Applied Calculus has 40 students and earns the college $60,000, while each section of Computer Methods has 10 students and earns the college $16,000. Assuming the college wishes to offer a total of seven sections, accommodate 220 students, and bring in $272,000 in revenues, how many sections of each course should it offer? HINT [See Example 2.]

 

Finite Math ? section(s)

Applied Calculus ? section(s)

Computer Methods ? section(s)