A farmer wishes to keep some chicks and ducks. Chicks cost Ksh. 60 each while ducks costs Kshs. 80 each. She finds its uneconomical to keep...

      

A farmer wishes to keep some chicks and ducks. Chicks cost Ksh. 60 each while ducks costs Kshs. 80 each. She finds its
uneconomical to keep less than 250 birds. She also wishes to keep more chicks than ducks but the chicks must be less
than 200. She cannot afford to spend more than ksh. 24,000.
a) Taking x and y to be the number of chicks and ducks respectively rite down all the inequalities that satisfy the above
conditions.
b) Represent the inequalities graphically shading out the unwanted region.
c) If the farmer makes a profit of ksh. 200 per chicks and ksh. 250 per duck, find the number of chicks and ducks she must keep in order to maximize her profit. State the profit.

  

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 6, 2019 at 13:15


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