Linear Inequalities Represent Constraints

In other words...what are the vertices of the feasible region?

• (0, 0), (0, 6), (6, 2), (8, 0)

• (0, 0), (6, 0), (2, 6), (0, 8)

When graphing constraints, what do you call the area where all the shading overlaps?

• the answer

• the feasible region

• the void

• the objective function

Solve the system of inequalities. The feasible region is shown by the darkest blue shading.

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It is a method for finding a maximum or minimum value of some quantity, given a set of constraints.

• Operations research

• Maximization

• Minimization

• Linear programming

JoAnn likes her job as a baby-sitter, but it pays only $3 per hour. She has been offered a job as a tutor that pays $6 per hour. Because of school, her parents only allow her to work a maximum of 15 hours per week. How many hours can JoAnn tutor and baby-sit and still make at least $66 per week? How much does she make?

• b + t < 15
  3b + 6t > 66

• b + t > 15
  3b + 6t < 66

• 3b + 6t > 15
  b + t < 66

• 3b + 6t < 15
  b + t < 66

Find the values of x and y that maximize the objective function P = 3x + 2y for the graph. What is the maximum value?

• maximum value at (5, 4); 32

• maximum value at (0, 8); 16

• maximum value at (9, 0); 27

• maximum value at (0, 0); 0

• (7,4)

• (3,10)

• (10,1)

• (8,5)

A farmer can plant up to 6 acres of land with soybeans and corn. Her use of a necessary pesticide is limited by federal regulations to 15 gallons for her entire 6 acres. Soybeans require 2 gallons of pesticide for every acre planted and corn requires 3 gallons per acre. The profit the farmer makes by earning $4,000 for every acre of soybeans he plants and $3,000 for every acre he plants with barley can be modeled by P=4000x+3000y .  If x represents acres of soybeans and y represents acres of corns, which inequalities represent the possible solutions to her situation?

• x≥0
  y≥0
  x+y≥6 
  3x+2y≥15

• x≥0 
  y≥0 
  x+y≤6
  2x+3y≤15

• x≥0 
  y≥0 
  4000x+y≤6
  2x+600y≤15

• P=4000x+3000y

Sarah makes small purses (x) and big purses (y). She can make no more than 8 purses a week.

Which inequality represents the situation?

• x + y ≤ 8

• x + y > 8

• 2x + 3y ≤ 6

• x + y ≤ 10

It takes Sarah 2 hours to make small purses and 3 hours to make big purses. She has a maximum of 18 hours a week. Which inequality represents this situation?

• 2x + 3y ≤ 18

• x + y ≤ 6

• x + y ≤ 9

• 3x + 2y ≤ 18