Exercise 46, Page 240
Ozark Furniture Company can obtain at most 3000 board feet of maple lumber for making its classic and modern maple rocking chairs. A classic maple rocker requires 15 board feet of maple, and a modern rocker requires 12 board feet of maple. Write an inequality that limits the possible number of maple rockers of each type that can be made, and graph the inequality in the first quadrant.
Solution:
The most maple lumber that Ozark Furniture Company can obtain is 3000 board feet. The company is making two types of maple rocking chairs – classic and modern maple rocking chairs. To begin ...