document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288165>Question 288165</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A tent maker had 4500 square yards of nylon tent material available. It takes 45 square yards of nylon to make an 8 x 10 tent and 50 square yards to make a 9 x 12 tent. To model this situation, the manager wrote the equation 45x + 50y = 4500. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) What do x and y represent? Graph the equation. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) How many solutions are there to the equation, given that the number of tents of each type must be a whole number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x could represent the number of 8by10 tents and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y could represent the number of 9by12 tents to be made from the 4500 sq yds of nylon but the manager didn't tell us.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 integer solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 y=81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20 y=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30 y=63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=40 y=54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=50 y=45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60 y=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=70 y=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=80 y=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=90 y=9<BR>\n" );
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