document.write( "Question 969128: Can you please help me figure out what linear equations I need to make from the following word problem?\r
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document.write( "Santa's workshop sells 2 kinds of toys, round and square. They also use 2 different kinds of materials, plastic and wood. Each round toy requires 4 units of plastic and 2 units of wood. Each square toy requires 3 units of plastic and 3 units of wood. There are 480 units of plastic and 300 units of wood in total. How many toys can you make.\r
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document.write( "I already know that x=round toys
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document.write( "The objective equation is P=x+y\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #592092 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Santa's workshop sells 2 kinds of toys, round and square. They also use 2 different kinds of materials, plastic and wood. Each round toy requires 4 units of plastic and 2 units of wood. Each square toy requires 3 units of plastic and 3 units of wood. There are 480 units of plastic and 300 units of wood in total. How many toys can you make. \n" ); document.write( "I already know that r = round toys \n" ); document.write( "s = square toys \n" ); document.write( "The objective equation is P =r + s \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "r >= 0 \n" ); document.write( "s >= 0 \n" ); document.write( "Plastic Inequality:: 4r + 3s <= 480 \n" ); document.write( "Wood Inequality::::: 2r + 3s <= 300 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Rearrange:: \n" ); document.write( "r <= (-3/4)s + 120 \n" ); document.write( "r <= (-3/2)s + 150 \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "-------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |