SOLUTION: Members of a school club are buying matching shirts. They know at least 25 members will get a shirt. Long-sleeve shirts are $10 each and short-sleeve shirts are $5 each. The club c
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Question 1030119: Members of a school club are buying matching shirts. They know at least 25 members will get a shirt. Long-sleeve shirts are $10 each and short-sleeve shirts are $5 each. The club can spend no more than $165. What are the minimum and maximum numbers of long-sleeve shirts that can be purchased?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of short sleeve shirts they can buy
Let = number of long sleeve shirts they can buy
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and
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Here are the plots:
From the plot, it looks like ( 8, 17 ) is the maximum point
so, is the maximum
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I can go down to , and
can be between and
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The solution area is between the lines to the left
of where the lines intersect.
The maximum number of long
sleeve shirts they can buy is 8
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The minimum number of long
sleeve shirts they can buy is 0
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Hope this helps
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