[Systems of inequalities WORD PROBLEMS
1 Suppose you buy fldur and corimeal in bulk to make flour tortillas and com tortilas. Flour costs
oF be pou bos exe ‘costs $2.50 per pound. You want to spend less than $25 on flour
altogether.
and cornmeal, but you need at least 6 pounds
|. Write and graph a system of linear inequalities:
50X+ 2.50) £25 —» yo EX+10
—Xty 2 lo Py2-x+
'b. Write two possible solutions:
t lo tb flour, 2 Ip cornmeal
EX.
—flb flour, 4 1b commeal —
lou
2.A seafood restaurant owmer orders pefch and sainon, Pe Sad non 37 He wants
to buy at least 50 pounds of fish but cannot spend more
eee etree rer re scale: | unit =10
4y+3y € 240 —> y £~2x+80 +
X+V 250 9 y2-x+50
'b. Write two possible solutions:
Perch
3. The "We Sell CDs” website plans to purchase ads in a local newspaper to advertise their site. Their
‘operating budget will alow them to spend at mast $3000 on this advertising adventure. An ad will
es ence ace ee ree They plan to
run at least 20 ads. ane
a. Write and graph a system of linear inequalities:
a Scale: |unit= 10
BOx +50y £3000 —> y+2x+ 0 {
+y2 az y>-
+20
Write two possible solutions:
Weekend
weekday —x
‘4 Mary tits scarves and sweaters to sel, Scarves take 2 hours to knit and sweaters take 10 hours.
Mary would like to spend no more than 40 hours per week knitting and knit at least 5 items per
week.
a. White and graph a system of near inequaltes:
2x+ Oy £40 —7ye-tx+4
YEN2s > yas
b. Witte two possible solutions:
1 3 scarves , 3 sweaters _ =
& Yu 10 scawves, | sweater {
Scawves
"5. A.dothing store has a going-out-of business sale. “They are sling pants for $8.99 and shirts for
$3.99. You can spend as much as $60 and want to buy at least two pairs of pants.
Weaters,
round ‘@. Write and graph a system of linear inequalities:
9X + 4y £40 > \ £-3x +15
ee
'b. Write two possible solutions:
« 3 oants, 3shirts
ext u_4 paints, |shick
pants
* x
6. You‘ tke to see how many baseball and sotcer games you can attend this spring. Travel tie for
baseball games is 2 hours and soccer games is 1 hour. You would like to spend no more than 15
hours traveling to the games. In total, you would like to attend at least 8 games.
shirts
‘a. Write:and graph a system of linear inequalities:
2Xx+N £15 PN E-2x415
X+v= 8 SNSaXrS
c. Suppose we decide on attending 4 baseball games,
what is the range of soccer games you can attend?
42y='1 between 4 and 7 soccer games
d. Suppose we decide on attending 9 soccer games,
what is the range of baseball games you can attend?
O£x£3 behween O and 3 baseball games
Is it possible to attend 6 baseball games and aes
4 soccer games’
No- fois not in the shaded region