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[ccosgrov18]

A supplier for the automobile industry manufactures car and truck frames at two different plants. How many hours should each plant be scheduled to operate to exactly fill each of the orders in the right table? The production rates (in frames per hour) for each plant are given in the left table.

Plant	Car Frames	Truck Frames			1	2	3
A	3	9		Car frames	457	581	419
B	2	2		Truck frames	655	1403	677

Complete the table below.

		Orders
	1	2	3
Number of hours for plant A
Number of hours for plant B

 

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A supplier for the automobile industry manufactures car and truck frames at two different plants. How many hours should each plant be scheduled to operate to exactly fill each of the orders in the right table? The production rates (in frames per hour) for each plant are given in the left table.

Plant	Car Frames	Truck Frames			1	2	3
A	3	9		Car frames	457	581	419
B	2	2		Truck frames	655	1403	677

Complete the table below.

		Orders
	1	2	3
Number of hours for plant A
Number of hours for plant B

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[ccosgrov18]

I have no idea where to begin. I keep getting confused as to what the objective of. the problem is.