document.write( "Question 120914: A small company produces both bouquets and wreaths of dried flowers. The bouquets take 1 hour of labor to produce, and the wreaths takes 2 hours. The labor available is limited to 80 hours per week, and the total production capacity is 60 items per week. Write a system of inequalities representing this situation, where x is the number of bouquets and y is the number of wreaths. Then graph the system of inequalities. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #88745 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A small company produces both bouquets and wreaths of dried flowers. The bouquets take 1 hour of labor to produce, and the wreaths take 2 hours. The labor available is limited to 80 hours per week, and the total production capacity is 60 items per week. Write a system of inequalities representing this situation, where x is the number of bouquets and y is the number of wreaths. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let x = no. of bouquets; y = no. of wreaths \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Labor constraint: \n" ); document.write( "1x + 2y =< 80 \n" ); document.write( "2y =< -x + 80 \n" ); document.write( "y =< -.5x + 40; divided equation by 2 ( this is the form we want for graphing) \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Production capacity constraint: \n" ); document.write( "x + y =< 60 \n" ); document.write( "y =< -x + 60 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Then graph the system of inequalities. \n" ); document.write( "Plot two points for each: \n" ); document.write( "y = -.5x + 40 \n" ); document.write( " x | y \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( " 0 | 40 \n" ); document.write( "50 | 15 \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "y = -x + 60 \n" ); document.write( " x | y \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( " 0 | 60 \n" ); document.write( "50 | 10 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Plot and draw these two graphs, should look like this: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Area of feasibility would be at or below the lowest line (Positive values only) \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Did this make sense to you? Any questions? \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |