A maximum of 6 dresses can be made
Number of buttons required by each dress = 11 buttons
Fabric required by each dress = 72 inches
Total buttons available = 80 buttons
Total fabric available in inches = 500 inches
Maximum dresses that can be made using the available buttons = Total number of buttons available/Number of buttons required by each dress
= 80/11 = 7.27 or 7 dresses
Maximum dresses that can be made using the available fabric = Total fabric available/Fabric required by each dress
= 500/72 = 6.94 or 6 dresses
Therefore, the maximum number of whole dresses that can be made using the available resources is 6 dresses.
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