-RAM Inc. manufactures solid-state drives (SSDs) of two sizes, 500 GB and 1.5 TB. The company can make a total of 60 drives per day, and it has available 90 labor-hours per day. It takes 1 labor-hour to make a 500 GB drive and 3 hours to make a 1.5 TB drive. The profits are $40 per 500 GB drive and $60 per 1.5 TB drive. (Let x equal the number of 500 GB drives. Let y equal the number of 1.5 TB drives.)

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Q-RAM Inc. manufactures solid-state drives (SSDs) of two sizes, 500 GB and 1.5 TB. The company can make a total of 60 drives per day, and it has available 90 labor-hours per day. It takes 1 labor-hour to make a 500 GB drive and 3 hours to make a 1.5 TB drive. The profits are $40 per 500 GB drive and $60 per 1.5 TB drive. (Let x equal the number of 500 GB drives. Let y equal the number of 1.5 TB drives.)

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