Real-Life Math
As a young but ambitious fashion designer, you often visit buyers
at various clothing stores to show them your latest designs. You hope the
buyers will love your work so much, they'll order a whole line.
You
have just returned from one of these meetings. Your assistant tells you the
buyer has called and ordered 250 of your flowered dresses and wants them delivered
within a week.
You know that will mean working around the clock, but
that it will be worthwhile. Now you need to gather up the material you'll
need. Each dress requires 2 yards of silk, 4 white buttons, 2 black buttons
and a zipper.
Now the problem arises: Because this is a rush job, you
can't buy all your material from one supplier. Most supply houses carry
only small amounts of each item.
You decide to split the treasure hunt
up among yourself and your 4 employees. You'll hit 5 of the supply houses
in the city. Figure out how much each person will need to get if each house
will only allow you to buy:
- 120 yards of silk
- 200 buttons of any 1 color
- 50 zippers
To make things interesting, it's almost 5 p.m.
and the supply houses will be closing soon. You can't afford to lose
this night's work, so time is of the essence.