Formulate but Do Not Solve the Problem

Multiple Choice

Formulate but do not solve the problem. The management of Hartman Rent-A-Car has allocated $1.5 million to buy a fleet of new automobiles consisting of compact, intermediate-size, and full size cars. Compacts cost $13,202 each, intermediate-size cars cost $28,827 each, and full-size cars cost $36,854 each. If Hartman purchases twice as many compacts as intermediate-size cars and the total number of cars to be purchased is 128, determine how many cars of each type will be purchased.(Assume that the entire budget will be used.) Let x be the number of compact, y be the number of intermediate-size cars, z be the number of full-size cars.

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