document.write( "Question 205208: A furniture maker has a shop that can employ 12 workers for 40 hours per week at its maximum capacity. The shop makes tables and chairs. It takes 16 hours of labor to make a table and 8 hours of labor to make a chair. Graph the region that shows the possibilities for the number of tables and chairs that could be made in one week. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #154942 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A furniture maker has a shop that can employ 12 workers for 40 hour per week at \n" ); document.write( " its maximum capacity. The shop makes tables and chairs. \n" ); document.write( "It takes 16 hours of labor to make a table and 8 hours of labor to make a chair. \n" ); document.write( "Graph the region that shows the possibilities for the number of tables and \n" ); document.write( " chairs that could be made in one week. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Total man-hours per week: 12*40 = 480 hrs \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "x = no. of tables, y = no. of chairs \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "16x + 8y =< 480 \n" ); document.write( "Put in equation into the slope intercept form for graphing \n" ); document.write( "8y =< -16x + 480 \n" ); document.write( "y =< -(16/8)x + (480/8) \n" ); document.write( "y =< -2x + 60 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Graph it from x = 0 to x = 30 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " x | y \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( " 0 | 60; all chairs \n" ); document.write( "10 | 40 \n" ); document.write( "20 | 20 \n" ); document.write( "30 | 0; all tables \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Your graph should look this: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "The area of feasibility would be the positive region at or below the line \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |