Answer: 8 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
Given equation: 24x + 64y = 384, that represents the canned goods order .
where x = number of minutes spent producing fruit cans,
and y = number of minutes producing vegetable cans.
If the vegetable assembly line runs for 3 minutes, then put y=3 in equation we get
[tex]24x+64(3)=384\\\Rightarrow24x+192=384\\\Rightarrow24x=384-192\\\Rightarrow24x=192\\\Rightarrow\ x=\frac{192}{24}\\\Rightarrow\ x=8[/tex]
Therefore, the fruit assembly line need to run to complete the order of 384 cans in 18 minutes.
