Example 3

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] Write a system of inequalities that models the constraints involved in the making and then painting of wooden and plastic rulers.

 

Walch Education

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