Example 4

A school supply company produces wooden rulers and plastic rulers. The rulers must first be made, and then painted. [list] [*]It takes 20 minutes to make a wooden ruler. It takes 15 minutes to make a plastic ruler. There is a maximum amount of 480 minutes per day set aside for making rulers. [*]It takes 5 minutes to paint a wooden ruler. It takes 2 minutes to paint a plastic ruler. There is a maximum amount of 180 minutes per day set aside for painting rulers. [/list] Use the system of inequalities from Example 3 to give a possible solution to the system.

 

Walch Education

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
constraints  inequalities  solution  system  system-of-inequalities 
Target Group (Age)
14 – 18
Language
English
 
 
 
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