SOLUTION: How can I turn this problem into an inequality problem? It's about assembling radios called "Breakers" and "Good Buddies" "An assembly line can spend a total of no more than 189

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Question 353030: How can I turn this problem into an inequality problem? It's about assembling radios called "Breakers" and "Good Buddies"
"An assembly line can spend a total of no more than 189 man-hours a day assembling radios. It takes 7 man-hours to assemble a Breaker and 3 man hours to assemble a Good Buddy."
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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How can I turn this problem into an inequality problem? It's about assembling radios called "Breakers" and "Good Buddies"
"An assembly line can spend a total of no more than 189 man-hours a day assembling radios. It takes 7 man-hours to assemble a Breaker and 3 man hours to assemble a Good Buddy."
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Let # of Breakers be "b".
Let # of Good Buds be "g".
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Assembling Inequality: 7b + 3g <= 189 man-hours
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let represent the number of the first type of radio. Let represent the number of the second type.

Then:

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it