Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 10 - Section 10.2 - Systems of Linear Equations in Several Variables - 10.2 Exercises - Page 698: 45

Answer

$50$ Midnight Mango, $60$ Tropical Torrent, and $30$ Pineapple Power.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Assume $x$ number of Midnight Mango, $y$ number of Tropical Torrent, and $z$ number of Pineapple Power were sold that day. Step 2. Given the amounts of different juices used, we can set up the following equations: $8x+6y+2z=820, 3x+5y+8z=690, 3x+3y+4z=450$ Step 3. Multiple the first equation by 4 to get $32x+24y+8z=3280$, multiply the last equation by 2 to get $6x+6y+8z=900$. Now subtract the middle equation from these two recent equations, we get $29x+19y=2590$ and $3x+y=210$ Step 4. Rewrite the last equation as $y=210-3x$ and back-substitute in the equation before it, we have $29x+19(210-3x)=2590$ Step 5. Solve the above equation to get $x=50$, thus $y=210-3\times50=60$ and $z=410-4x-3y=30$ Step 6. We conclude that the Juice Company sold $50$ Midnight Mango, $60$ Tropical Torrent, and $30$ Pineapple Power that day.
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