document.write( "Question 582012: My assignment was to collect data on 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup of corn. The amount of calcium in one serving of broccoli is 62.4 mg and 1 mg of iron; in corn there is 5.4 mg of calcium and .6 mg of iron. The RDV for calcium a day is 1000 mg and for iron it is 18 mg. I need to construct and solve a linear system of two equations that would give me the amount of each food that would give me the full recommended values of calcium and iron. Here is the set up for calcium and I ended up with a negative amount:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " x + y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "62.4x + 5.4y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "to solve for x x = -y + 1000
\n" ); document.write( "62.4(-y + 1000) + 5.4y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "-62.4y + 62400 + 5.4y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( " - 62400 = -62400
\n" ); document.write( "-62.4y + 5.4y = 61400
\n" ); document.write( "-57y = - 61400
\n" ); document.write( "y = 1077\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + 1077 = 1000
\n" ); document.write( " - 1077 = -1077
\n" ); document.write( "x = -77\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Can you tell me where I am going wrong? \n" ); document.write( "
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My assignment was to collect data on 1 cup of broccoli and 1 cup of corn.
\n" ); document.write( " The amount of calcium in one serving of broccoli is 62.4 mg and 1 mg of iron; in corn there is 5.4 mg of calcium and .6 mg of iron.
\n" ); document.write( " The RDV for calcium a day is 1000 mg and for iron it is 18 mg.
\n" ); document.write( " I need to construct and solve a linear system of two equations that would give me the amount of each food that would give me the full recommended values of calcium and iron
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\n" ); document.write( "x = servings of broc
\n" ); document.write( "y = servings of corn
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\n" ); document.write( "Calcium: 62.4x + 5.4y = 1000
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\n" ); document.write( "Iron: 1x + .6y = 18
\n" ); document.write( "this equation is easy to arrange for substitution
\n" ); document.write( "x = (18-.6y)
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\n" ); document.write( "Replace x with (18-.6y) in the calcium equation
\n" ); document.write( "62.4(18-.6y) + 5.4y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "1123.2 - 37.44y + 5.4y = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "-32.04y = 1000 - 1123.2
\n" ); document.write( "y = \"%28-123.2%29%2F%28-32.04%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "y = +3.845 ~ 4 servings of corn
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\n" ); document.write( "Find x
\n" ); document.write( "x = 18 - .6(3.845)
\n" ); document.write( "x = 15.692 ~ 16 servings of broc (ugh!)
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that checks out for calcium
\n" ); document.write( "62.4(16) + 5.4(4) =
\n" ); document.write( "998 + 22 = 1020 mg, high because we rounded the servings up
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\n" ); document.write( "You can check the iron requirement
\n" ); document.write( "16 + .6(4)
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\n" ); document.write( "I think you went wrong because you did not write an equation for the iron requirement of 18 mg
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