The Nyamira Express company runs a fleet of two types of buses operating between Nairobi and Kisii. Type A bus has a capacity of 52...

      

The Nyamira Express company runs a fleet of two types of buses operating between
Nairobi and Kisii. Type A bus has a capacity of 52 passengers and 200kg of luggage.
Type B carries 32 passengers and 300kg of luggage. On a certain day, there were 500
passengers with 3500kg of luggage to be transported. The company could only use a
maximum of 15 buses altogether.
a)If the company uses x buses of type A and y buses of type B. Write down all the
inequalities satisfied by the above conditions.
b)Draw the inequalities representing the above information
c)If the cost of running one bus of type A is sh.7200 and that of type B is sh.6000,
find the minimum cost of running the buses.

  

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Kavungya answered the question on September 23, 2019 at 09:50

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