A company makes cell phones in two different factories, one abroad and one more local. At the factory abroad it takes 30 hours to produce the cellphone and at the local factory it takes 20 hours. The costs of producing these cell phones are $20 each at the factory abroad and $60 each at the local factory. The company's total labor force can provide 6000 hours of labor each week and total resources are $12,000 each week. How many cell phones should the company make at each factory to maximize the amount of phones produced?

The answer is below

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of phones produced abroad and y represent the number of phones produced locally.

The company can provide 6000 hours of labor each week and it takes 30 hours to produce the cellphone abroad and at the local factory it takes 20 hours, hence:

30x + 20y = 6000            (1)

Also, there is a total resource of $12000 each week, the cost of producing abroad is $20 and the cost of producing locally is $60. Hence:

20x + 60y = 12000           (2)

Multiply equation 1 by 3 and subtract equation 2 from the result. This gives:

70x = 6000

x = 600/7 ≈ 86

Put x = 86 in equation 1:

30(86) + 20 y = 6000

20y = 3420

y = 171

86 phones should be produced abroad and 171 phones locally

x= -3 and

step-by-step explanation:

to find the roots of a cubic, use division or factoring to find the factors then set equal to 0. as this is a difference of cubes, it factors into

where a is the cube root of .

here   this is 27 and the cube root of 27 is 3. so we write using the form:

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set each factor to 0 and solve for x.

x-3=0

x=3

the quadratic expression does not factor and must be solved using the quadratic formula.

where a = 1, b=3, and c=9

this cubic has two complex roots.

table 3 represents a direct variation function. : )