A potter is making cups and plates. It takes her 6 minutes to make a cup and 3 minutes to make a plate. Each cup uses 3/4lb. of clay and each plate uses one lb. of clay. She has 20 hours available for making the cups and plates and has 250lbs. of clay on hand. She makes a profit of $2 on each cup and $1.50 on each plate.

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A potter is making cups and plates. It takes her 6 minutes to make a cup and 3 minutes to make a plate. Each cup uses 3/4lb. of clay and each plate uses one lb. of clay. She has 20 hours available for making the cups and plates and has 250lbs. of clay on hand. She makes a  profit of $2 on each cup and $1.50 on each plate.

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jeff · Answer

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