Miguel Daugherty

Mathematics

5 November, 17:57

Javier designs leather shoes at his workshop. He charges $45 for women's shoes and $50 for men's shoes. He needs to make $2,500 per week to meet his expenses. This situation can be given by 45x + 50y = 2,500, where x is the number of women's shoes and y is the number of men's shoes designed by Javier. If he does not have any female customers during a particular week, how many male customers does he need to meet his expenses? (x 0, y 0, x and y take only integer values)

a. 25

b. 35

c. 45

d. 50