Pine

At the beginning of the month, the warehouse held four times more pine lumber than spruce lumber. During the month, 512 cubic metres of pine lumber and 62 cubic metres of spruce lumber were processed. At the end of the month, the same amount of both types of lumber remained. How much pine lumber and how much spruce lumber was in the warehouse at the beginning of the month?

Final Answer:

b =  600
s =  150

Step-by-step explanation:

b=4s b512=s62  b=4 s  b4s=0 bs=450  Row2Row1Row2 3s=450  s=3450=150 b=0+4s=0+4 150=600  b=600 s=150



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