A company that rents small moving trucks wants to purchase 25 trucks with a combined capacity of 28,000 cubic feet. Three different types of trucks are available: a 10-foot truck with a capacity of 350 cubic feet, a 14-foot truck with a capacity of 700 cubic feet, and a 24-foot truck with a capacity of 1,400 cubic feet. How many of each type of truck should the company purchase?

Q: A basketball field house seats 15,000. Courtside seats sell for $8, end zone for $7, and balcony for…

A:

Q: A construction company buys lumber in 8-foot and 14-foot board lengths. Each 8-foot board is cut…

A:

Q: The dimensions of a rectangular metal box are 3 cm, 5 cm, and 8 cm. If the first two dimensions are…

A: Introduction: Being a three-dimensional figure, a rectangular box has a volume. The volume of a…

Q: 70% of the weight of a box of cereal consisted of sugar and the remaining ingredients weighed 21…

A:

Q: A pharmacist has two vitamin-supplement powders. The first powder is 20% vitamin B1 and 30% vitamin…

A:

Q: The Arctic Juice Company makes three juice blends: PineOrange, using 2 quarts of pineapple juice and…

A:

Q: A dairy farmer wants to mix a 40% protein supplement and a standard 20% protein ration to make 1000…

A: This question can be solved using the concept of system of linear equation.

Q: week, The Men's Shop sold twice as many short-sleeved tee shirts at $25 each as long-sleeved tee…

A: Given query is to find number of each type of shirt sold

Q: Suppose in one year, total revenues from digital sales of pop/rock, tropical…

A:

Q: A chemist wishes to make 100 liters of 3% acid solution by mixing a 2% solution with a 5% solution.…

A: Let amount of 2% solution be x and amount of 5% be y. As we know we have to make 100 liters of…

Q: A large house has 4,676 sq ft of floor space and is divided into 3 heating/cooling zones. The first…

A: To find: The floor space is included in the third zone. Given: The total floor spaces of large house…

Q: In a room containing 45 students there were twice as many girls as boys. Howmany of each were there?

A:

Q: A candy distributor needs to mix a 40% fat-content chocolate with a 60% fat-content chocolate to…

A: Given: Two types of chocolates one with 40% fat content and the other one with 60% fat content…

Q: A jeweler needs to mix an alloy with a 16% gold content and an alloy with a 28% gold content to…

A: Consider a and b as the amount of an alloy with 16% gold content and 28% gold content, respectively.…

Q: A new coal-burning power plant can generate 1.5 gigawatts (billion watts) of power. Burning 1…

A: The given data is: The coal-burning plant generates 1.5 gigawatts Burning 1 kilogram of coal yields…

Q: A dairy farmer wants to mix a 25% protein supplement and a standard 15% protein ration to make 1600…

A: Given that a dairy farmer wants to mix a 25% protein supplement and a standard 15% protein ration to…

Q: 1 liter of paint that costs 200.00 pesos can cover 13.33 square meters, exactly how much will be…

A: This question can be solved using the concept of units and measurement.

Q: A glass of skim milk supplies 0.1 mg of iron, 8.5 g of protein, and 1 g of carbohydrates. A quarter…

A: Given that a glass of skim milk supplies 0.1 mg of iron, 8.5 g of protein, and 1 g of carbohydrates.…

Q: Factory A produces twice as many cars per day as factory B. Factory C produces 300 cars more per day…

A: Let the number of cars produced by factory A be x. Let the number of cars produced by factory B be…

Q: A chemist needs to mix a 12% acid solution with a 32% acid solution to obtain an 8‐liters mixture…

A:

Q: If a bathtub comfortably holds 30 gallons of water and a shower produces 2 gallons of water per…

A:

Q: A merchant wishes to mix peanuts costing $3 per pound with cashews costing $8 per pound to obtain 60…

A: Let peanut x pound and cashew y pound

Q: On average the number of microphones sold in New York each year is equivalent to six times the…

A: The given data is: On average the number of microphones sold in New York each year is equivalent to…

Q: The manager of bulk foods establishment sells a trail mix for $8 per pound and premium cashews for…

A:

Q: f there is 3300 cubic inches of wax and each candle is supposed to be 9 inches tall and 10 inches in…

A: Find the number of candles that an be made.

Q: The manager of a gardening center needs to mix a plant food that is 13% nitrogen with one that is…

A:

Q: If it takes 4 men 6 hours to landscape a recreation area, how many hours will it take 3 men to…

A:

Q: A pharmacist has two vitamin supplement powders. The first powder is 20% vitamin b1 and 30% vitamin…

A:

Q: A glass of skim milk supplies 0.1 mg of iron, 8.5 g of protein, and 1 g of carbohydrates. A quarter…

A:

Q: 9 University of Texas at Austin has three times as many students enrolled as University of Miami.…

A: Given that University of Texas at Austin has three times as many students enrolled as university of…

Q: How many ounces of a 32% alcohol solution and a 38% alcohol solution must be combined to obtain 87…

A: We will use method of allegation.

Q: An elevator at a construction site has a maximum capacity of 2800 pounds. If the elevator operator…

A: The elevator has a maximum capacity of 2800 pounds. The weight of the elevator operator is 265…

Q: If a bulk order of 1,400 blouses costs $37,800, how much (in dollars) would 2,000 blouses cost

A: Since the cost of 1400 blouses is $37,800 So, the cost of 1 blouse is 378001400=27

Q: To make one dozen chocolate chip cookies, 1 stick of butter, 2 eggs, and 2/3 of a bag of chocolate…

A: 1 dozen = 12 pcs  Now to make 1 dozen cookies , we need each of butter stick,egg,chocolate. Now we…

Q: how many liters of a 20% acid solution must be mixed with 15 liters of a 60% solution to create 40…

A:

Q: Assume that each gallon of Deluxe Vanilla uses 2 quarts of milk, 2 quarts of cream, and 3 ounces of…

A: Let x = Amount of deluxe vanilla to be producedy = Amount of regular vanilla to be producedz =…

Q: A grocery store offers a cheese and fruit sampler that combines cheddar cheese that costs $8 per…

A:

Q: A radiator contains 5 quarts of a mixture of water and antifreeze. If 19% of the mixture is…

A: A radiator contains 5 quarts of mixture of water and antifreeze.If 19% of the mixture is antifreeze,…

Q: There were 38,000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued.…

A:

Q: An electronics company makes two types of swithches. Type A takes 5 minutes to make and requires $4…

A: Given,The company takes 5 minutes and invests $4 to make type A switches and it takes 6 minutes and…

Q: The Appliance Barn has 2,400 cubic feet of storage space for refrigerators. The larger refrigerators…

A:

Q: The top three corn producers in the world​ - country​ A, country​ B, and country C​ - grew a total…

A:

Q: A salesman sold twice as many pears in the afternoon than in the morning. If he sold 350 kg of pears…

A: Consider x is the kg the person sold in the morning. Thus, in the afternoon , the person sold 2x kg.…

Q: One brand of cleaner used to etch concrete is 25% acid. A stronger industrial-strength cleaner is…

A: Let x gal of brand of cleaner and y gal of stronger industrial-strength cleaner should be mixed to…

Q: There were 32,000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued.…

A: The number of hardback copies of the novel sold before the paperback version is issued is 32,000.…

Q: A jeweler needs to mix an alloy with a 16% gold content and an alloy with a 28% gold content to…

A: A jeweler needs to mix an alloy with a 16% gold content and an alloy with a 28% gold content to…

Q: The Ace Freight Company has an order for two products to be delivered to two stores of a company.…

A: Let company take x units of product I and y units of product II then…

Q: Two welders worked a total of 51 h on a project. One welder made $31/h, while the other made $34/h.…

A:

Q: A pharmacist has two vitamin-supplement powders. The first powder is 20% vitamin B1 and 30% vitamin…

A: Given,First powder: 20% vitamin B1 and 30% vitamin B2.Second powder: 15% vitamin B1 and 10% vitamin…

Q: A truck carries a load of 93 boxes; some weigh 35 kg and the rest weigh 45 kg.If the total weight of…

A: