Building houses. A builder has
units of material and
units of labor available during a given period. She builds two-story houses or one-story houses or some of both. Suppose she makes a profit of
on each two-story house and
on each one-story house. A two-story house requires seven units of material and one unit of labor, whereas a one-story house requires one unit of material and two units of labor. How many houses of each type should she build to make a maximum profit? What is the maximum profit?
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