Tom and Jerry Have Two Tasks to Do All Day

question 81

Multiple Choice

Tom and Jerry have two tasks to do all day: make dishes and build fences.If Tom spends all day making dishes,he will have make 16 dishes.If he instead devotes his day to building fences,Tom will build 4 fences.If Jerry spends his day making dishes,he will make 14 dishes; if he spends the day building fences,he will build 7 fences.At the end of the day,Tom could have:

• A) (16 dishes, 4 fences) or (8 dishes, 2 fences).
• B) (8 dishes, 2 fences), or (4 dishes, 6 fences).
• C) (8 dishes, 2 fences), or (4 dishes, 3 fences).
• D) (12 dishes, 3 fences), or (8 dishes, 3 fences).

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