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

 
Materialtyp
Aktivität
Tags
constraints  inequalities  system 
Zielgruppe (Alter)
14 – 18
Sprache
English
 
 
 
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