A lumber store stocks dowels in one standard length of 150 cm. Each dowel costs $20. A customer wants the store to cut him at minimal cost twenty dowels of length 67 cm, eighty dowels of length 51 cm, sixty dowels of length 28 cm, and forty dowels of length 15 cm. You might wish to use Excel to help create a list of patterns.

A lumber store stocks dowels in one standard length of 150 cm. Each dowel costs $20. A customer wants the store to cut him at minimal cost twenty dowels of length 67 cm, eighty dowels of length 51 cm, sixty dowels of length 28 cm, and forty dowels of length 15 cm. You might wish to use Excel to help create a list of patterns.

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section9.5: Counting Principles

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