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A gardening company sells clay flower pots and plastic flower pots. There must be at least 2 pots in each shipment, but there cannot be more than 8 in a shipment. Additionally, the shipment must weigh less than 100 lbs. Each shipment container weighs 20 lbs., and there is 1 lb. of packing material. A clay flower pot weighs 15 lbs., whereas a plastic flower pot weighs 7.5 lbs.

(A) Write a system of inequalities that represent the constraints on the number of pots that can be included in one shipment.

Answer :

The system of inequalities can be obtained from the given information

on the allowable weights and number of pots.

The correct responses:

The system of inequalities that represent the constraint on the number

of pots that can be included in one shipment are;

  • 2 ≤ x + y ≤ 8
  • 15·x + 7.5·y ≤ 79 lbs.

Methods used to find the system of inequalities

The inequality that represents the number total number of clay, T, in each shipment is 2 ≤ T ≤ 8

The inequality that represents weight of each shipment is w < 100 lbs

The weight of each shipment container = 20 lbs

The weight of the packing material = 1 lb

Therefore;

  • The maximum weight of the flower pots = 100 lbs - 21 lbs = 79 lbs

The weight of each clay flower pot = 15 lbs

The weight of each plastic flower pot = 7.5 lbs

Let "x" represent the number of clay flower pot included in one shipment

and let "y" represent the number of plastic flower pot included in one

shipment, we have;

The system of inequalities that represent the constraint on the number of pots that can be included in one shipment are as follows;

  • 2 ≤ x + y ≤ 8
  • 15·x + 7.5·y ≤ 79 lbs.

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We will find the system of inequalities:

C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb < 79 lb

2  ≤ P + C ≤ 8

How to write a system of inequalities?

First, we need to define the variables that we will be using, these are:

  • C = number of clay pots.
  • P = number of plastic pots.

From the first restriction, we have that:

2  ≤ P + C ≤ 8

The other restriction says that the weight must be less than 100lbs:

W < 100lbs

Where the weight is:

W = C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb + 20lb + 1lb

Where 20lb is the weight of the container and 1lb is the weight of the packing material, then we have:

C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb + 20lb + 1lb < 100lb

We can subtract 21 lb in both sides to get:

C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb < 100 lb - 21 lb

C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb < 79 lb

So we got our two inequalities, then the system is:

C*15 lb  + P*7.5lb < 79 lb

2  ≤ P + C ≤ 8

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