Each acre of potatoes required 9 men and each acre of cabbages requires 2 men. The farmer has 240 men available and he must plant at...

      

Each acre of potatoes required 9 men and each acre of cabbages requires 2 men. The farmer has 240 men available and he
must plant at least 10 acres of potatoes. The profit on potatoes is Kshs 1000 per acre and on cabbages is Kshs 1200 per
acre. If he plants x acres of potatoes and y acres of cabbages:
a) Write down three inequalities in x and y to describe this information
b) Represent these inequalities graphically.
c) Use your graph to determine the number of acres for each crop which will give maximum profit and hence find the
maximum profit.

  

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sharon
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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 9, 2019 at 12:49


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