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Answer 1

Answer:

The bakery will bake 600 butterscotch bread, 550 chocolate bread, and 1,000 coconut bread

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to answer the word problem question, we list the parameters as follows;

The number of bread types the bakery takes = 3 types of bread

The monthly cost of the bakery for baking the bread, C = RM 6,850

The number of bread loaves baked = 2,150

The cost of baking a loaf of butterscotch bread = Rm 2

The cost of baking a loaf of chocolate bread = Rm 3

The cost of baking a loaf of coconut bread = Rm 4

The sale price of a butterscotch bread = Rm 3

The sale price of a chocolate bread = Rm 4.50

The sale price of a coconut bread = Rm 5

The amount of monthly profit the bakery makes, P = Rm 2,975

Therefore, the total revenue of the company, R = C + P

∴ R = Rm 6,850 + Rm 2,975 = Rm 9,825

Let 'x', 'y', and 'z', represent the number of loaves of butterscotch, chocolate, and coconut bread the company bakes respectively

Then we get;

x + y + z = 2,150...(1)

2·x + 3·y + 4·z = 6,850...(2)

3·x + 4.5·y + 5·z = 9,825...(3)

Multiplying equation (1) by 2 and subtracting from equation (2) gives;

2·x + 3·y + 4·z - 2×(x + y + z) = 6,850 - 2 × 2,150 = 2,550

2·x - 2·x + 3·y - 2·y + 4·z - 2·z = 2,550

∴ y + 2·z = 2,550...(4)

Adding equation (1) to (2) and subtracting from (3) gives;

3·x - 3·x + 4.5·y - 4·y + 5·z - 5·z = 9,825 - (6,850 + 2,150) = 825

1.5·y = 825

y = 825/1.5 = 550

The number of loaves of chocolate bread baked, y = 550

From equation (4), we get;

550 + 2·z = 2,550

2·z = 2,550 - 550 = 2,000

z = 2,000/2 = 1,000

The number of loaves of coconut bread baked, z = 1,000

∴ From equation (1) x = 2,150 - (550 + 1,000) = 600

The number of loaves of butterscotch bread baked, x = 600.