SOLUTION: Can someone help me understand this? The school system is trying to help their students be more successful. They are going to hire tutors to help. They must have more teachers tha

Question 102490: Can someone help me understand this?
The school system is trying to help their students be more successful. They are going to hire tutors to help. They must have more teachers than tutors. The maximum number of teachers and tutors to be hired is 50. How many tutors and how many teachers can they hire?
Let x = number of teachers hired.
Let y = number of tutors hired.
a. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the number of teachers hired must exceed the number of tutors hired.
b. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the maximum number of teachers and tutors is 50.
c. Choose a point that satisfies the situation, and explain why you chose that number of tutors and teachers.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = number of teachers hired.
Let y = number of tutors hired.
a. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the number of teachers hired must exceed the number of tutors hired.
x-y>0
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b. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the maximum number of teachers and tutors is 50.
x+y <= 50
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c. Choose a point that satisfies the situation, and explain why you chose that number of tutors and teachers.
x = 26; y=24
Point (26,24)
Reason: The more tutors, the better.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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