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, if Jerry was efficient with his resources, he could have produced:

A. 6 dishes and 2 fences.
B. 10 dishes and 2 fences.
C. 8 dishes and 2 fences.
D. 12 dishes and 0 fences.


Answer: B

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