Purchasing You are the buyer for OHaganBooks.com and are considering increasing stocks of romance and horror novels at the new OHaganBooks.com warehouse in Texas. You have offers from two publishers: Duffin House and Higgins Press. Duffin offers a package of 5 horror novels and 5 romance novels for $50, and Higgins offers a package of 5 horror and 11 romance novels for $150. Exercises 29–32 give different scenarios for your purchasing options in response to these offers.
Upon revising her records, the accountant now tells you that the company can afford to spend a total of only $60,000 on romance and horror books and that it is company policy to spend the same amount of money at both publishers. How many packages should you purchase from each publisher?
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