Math problem. fresh fruit

Question

you have $44 to spend on fresh fruit. The vegetable you want to buy is $3 per pound. The fruit you want to buy is $4 per pound. you don't want to carry more than 15 pounds. Write a set of constraints that could be use to graph the feasible region.

Answer 1

We need an equation that expressed the monetary value of the fruit. By letting x be the fruit and y be the vegetable, this equation can be expressed as follows:

3x + 4y < 44

Next, we need an equation that expresses the amount of pounds that you would like to carry. This can be expressed as follows:

x + y < 15