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Matrices & Systems · Medium problem

A furniture shop makes chairs and tables. Each chair uses 33 board-feet of wood and 22 pounds of metal fittings; each table uses 55 board-feet of wood and 44 pounds of metal fittings. This week the shop makes 4040 chairs and 2525 tables. Writing the per-unit needs as R=(3524)R = \begin{pmatrix}3 & 5\\2 & 4\end{pmatrix} (rows: wood, metal; columns: chair, table) and the production numbers as p=(4025)\mathbf p = \begin{pmatrix}40\\25\end{pmatrix}, how many board-feet of wood does the shop need this week?