The Thompson Company manufactures two industrial products, standard ($55 profit per item) and economy ($25 profit per item). These items are built using machine time and manual labor. The standard product requires 4 hr of machine time and 3 hr of manual labor. The economy model requires 4 hr of machine time and no manual labor. If the week's supply of manual labor is limited to 600 hr and machine time to 12,000 hr, how much of each type of product should be produced each week to maximize the profit? ? __________ standard models and __________ economy models.

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