In a school trip there were x buses and y luxury vans. Each bus was hired at Ksh.1000 and could carry 60 students. ...

      

In a school trip there were x buses and y luxury vans. Each bus was hired at
Ksh.1000 and could carry 60 students. Each van was hired at Ksh.2000 and could
carry 30 students.
(a)Express the following statements as inequalities in x and y.
(i)There must be some van or vans.
(ii)There should at least 3 buses.
(iii)The school should be not spend more than Ksh.18000 on the trip.
(iv)Not more than 420 students are to go on the trip.
(b)Illustrate inequalities graphically.
(c)Use your graph to determine the maximum number of students that can go on the trip and corresponding expenditure.

  

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