A farmer has at least 50 acres of land on which he plans to plant potatoes and cabbages. Each acre of potatoes requires 6 men...

      

A farmer has at least 50 acres of land on which he plans to plant potatoes and cabbages.
Each acre of potatoes requires 6 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 Ksh. 1000 per acre and on cabbages is Ksh. 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.

  

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Kavungya
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Kavungya answered the question on September 20, 2019 at 08:33


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