company selling industrial machines has 3 different models of machines. (a) Model 1 weighs 100 kg and comes in a 10 m3 container. (b) Model 2 weighs 200 kg and comes in a box of volume 8 m3 container. (c) Model 3 weighs 600 kg and comes in a box of 28 m3 container. Company’s ship has 248 m3 of space and can hold a maximum of 4400 kg. In order for the ship to be fully loaded, how many of each model should it carry?

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A company selling industrial machines has 3 different models of machines.
(a) Model 1 weighs 100 kg and comes in a 10 m3 container.
(b) Model 2 weighs 200 kg and comes in a box of volume 8 m3 container.
(c) Model 3 weighs 600 kg and comes in a box of 28 m3 container. Company’s ship has 248 m3 of space and can hold a maximum of 4400 kg. In order for the ship to be fully loaded, how many of each model should it carry?

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