SOLUTION: 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
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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.
I am completely lost on this problem. Any help provided, is greatly appreciated...Thanks!! Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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
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.
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Total man-hours per week: 12*40 = 480 hrs
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x = no. of tables, y = no. of chairs
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16x + 8y =< 480
Put in equation into the slope intercept form for graphing
8y =< -16x + 480
y =< -(16/8)x + (480/8)
y =< -2x + 60
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Graph it from x = 0 to x = 30
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x | y
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0 | 60; all chairs
10 | 40
20 | 20
30 | 0; all tables
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Your graph should look this:
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The area of feasibility would be the positive region at or below the line
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