Chapter 3

Algebra 2 · 281 exercises

Problem 10

Teams chosen from 30 forest rangers and 16 trainees are planting trees. An experienced team consisting of two rangers can plant 500 trees per week. A training team consisting of one ranger and two trainees can plant 200 trees per week. $$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Number of Teams } & {x} & {y} & {x+y} \\\ \hline \text { Number of Rangers } & {2 x} & {y} & {30} \\ \hline \text { Number of Trainees } & {0} & {2 y} & {16} \\ \hline \text { Number of Trees Planted } & {500 x} & {200 y} & {500 x+200 y} \\ \hline\end{array}$$ a. Write an objective function and constraints for a linear program that models the problem. b. How many of each type of team should be formed to maximize the number of trees planted? How many trainees are used in this solution? How many trees are planted? c. Find a solution that uses all the trainees. How many trees will be planted in this case?

12 step solution

Problem 11

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{-6=3 x-6 y} \\ {4 x=4+5 y}\end{array}\right.\)

4 step solution

Problem 11

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} x+2 y & \leq 10 \\ x+y & \leq 3 \end{aligned}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 11

Graph each point in coordinate space. $$ (1,1,0) $$

2 step solution

Problem 12

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{5 r-4 s-3 t=3} \\ {t=s+r} \\ {r=3 s+1}\end{array}\right. $$

6 step solution

Problem 12

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{-x-y \leq 2} \\ {y-2 x>1}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 12

Graph each point in coordinate space. $$ (0,-2,2) $$

3 step solution

Problem 13

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{13=3 x-y} \\ {4 y-3 x+2 z=-3} \\ {z=2 x-4 y}\end{array}\right. $$

9 step solution

Problem 13

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y>-2 x} \\ {2 x-y \geq 2}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 14

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} x+3 y-z &=-4 \\ 2 x-y+2 z &=13 \\ 3 x-2 y-z &=-9 \end{aligned}\right. $$

6 step solution

Problem 14

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{c \geq d-3} \\ {c<\frac{1}{2} d+3}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 14

Graph each system of constraints. Name all vertices. Then find the values of \(x\) and \(y\) that maximize or minimize the objective function. Find the maximum or minimum value. \(\left\\{\begin{aligned} 3 x+y & \leq 7 \\ x+2 y & \leq 9 \\ x \geq 0, y & \geq 0 \end{aligned}\right.\) Maximum for \(P=2 x+y\)

3 step solution

Problem 14

A youth group with 26 members is going skiing. Each of the five chaperones will drive a van or a sedan. The vans can seat seven people, and the sedans can seat five people. How many of each type of vehicle could transport all 31 people to the ski area in one trip?

3 step solution

Problem 14

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned}-3 x+y &=4 \\ x-\frac{1}{3} y &=1 \end{aligned}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 15

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} x-4 y+z &=6 \\ 2 x+5 y-z &=7 \\ 2 x-y-z &=1 \end{aligned}\right. $$

9 step solution

Problem 15

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{2 x+y<1} \\ {-y+3 x<1}\end{array}\right. $$

6 step solution

Problem 15

Suppose you have a part-time job delivering packages. Your employer pays you at a flat rate of \(\$ 7\) per hour. You discover that a competitor pays employees \(\$ 2\) per hour plus \(\$ .35\) per delivery. a. Write a system of equations to model the pay \(p\) for \(d\) deliveries. Assume a four-hour shift. b. How many deliveries would the competitor's employees have to make in four hours to earn the same pay you earn in a four-hour shift?

4 step solution

Problem 15

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} 4 x+8 y &=12 \\ x+2 y &=-3 \end{aligned}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 16

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} x-y+2 z &=7 \\ 2 x+y+z &=8 \\ x &-z=5 \end{aligned}\right. $$

10 step solution

Problem 16

Fund-Raising You want to bake at least 6 and at most 11 loaves of bread for a bake sale. You want at least twice as many loaves of banana bread as nut bread. Write and graph a system of inequalities to model the situation.

5 step solution

Problem 16

Graph each system of constraints. Name all vertices. Then find the values of \(x\) and \(y\) that maximize or minimize the objective function. Find the maximum or minimum value. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+y \leq 11} \\ {2 y \geq x} \\ {x \geq 0, y \geq 0}\end{array}\right.\) Maximum for \(P=3 x+2 y\)

6 step solution

Problem 16

A boat can travel 24 \(\mathrm{mi}\) in 3 \(\mathrm{h}\) when traveling with a current. Against the same current, it can travel only 16 \(\mathrm{mi}\) in 4 \(\mathrm{h}\) . Find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water.

7 step solution

Problem 16

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y=2 x-1} \\ {y=-2 x+5}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 17

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+y+z=2} \\ {x+2 z=5} \\ {2 x+y-z=-1}\end{array}\right. $$

5 step solution

Problem 17

Graph each system of constraints. Name all vertices. Then find the values of \(x\) and \(y\) that maximize or minimize the objective function. Find the maximum or minimum value. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{c}{2 x+y \leq 300} \\ {x+y \leq 200} \\ {x \geq 0, y \geq 0}\end{array}\right.\) Maximum for \(P=x+2 y\)

4 step solution

Problem 17

The measure of one acute angle of a right triangle is \(30^{\circ}\) more than twice the measure of the other acute angle. Find the measures of the angles.

4 step solution

Problem 18

Solve each system by substitution. Check your answers. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{r}{5 x-y+z=4} \\ {x+2 y-z=5} \\ {2 x+3 y-3 z=5}\end{array}\right. $$

6 step solution

Problem 18

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y>4} \\ {y<|x-1|}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 18

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+y=12} \\ {x-y=2}\end{array}\right.\)

5 step solution

Problem 18

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{2 y=5 x+6} \\ {-10 x+4 y=8}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 19

Finance A company placed \(\$ 1,000,000\) in three different accounts. It placed part in short-term notes paying 4.5\(\%\) per year, twice as much in government bonds paying \(5 \%,\) and the rest in utility bonds paying 4\(\%\) . The income after one year was \(\$ 45,500 .\) How much did the company place in each account?

5 step solution

Problem 19

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y<-\frac{1}{3} x+1} \\ {y>|2 x-1|}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 19

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+2 y=10} \\ {x+y=6}\end{array}\right.\)

4 step solution

Problem 19

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{aligned} x-3 y &=2 \\ 4 x-12 y &=8 \end{aligned}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 20

Finance A company placed \(\$ 1,000,000\) in three different accounts. It placed part in short-term notes paying 4.5\(\%\) per year, twice as much in government bonds paying \(5 \%,\) and the rest in utility bonds paying 4\(\%\) . The income after one year was \(\$ 45,500 .\) How much did the company place in each account?

6 step solution

Problem 20

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y>x-2} \\ {y \geq|x+2|}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 20

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{aligned} 3 a+4 b &=9 \\\\-3 a-2 b &=-3 \end{aligned}\right.\)

4 step solution

Problem 20

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+4 y=12} \\ {2 x-8 y=4}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 21

A change machine contains nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 75 coins in the machine, and the value of the coins is \(\$ 7.25\) . There are 5 times as many nickels as dimes. Find the number of coins of each type in the machine.

4 step solution

Problem 21

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y \leq-\frac{4}{3} x} \\ {y \geq-|x|}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 21

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{4 x+2 y=4} \\ {6 x+2 y=8}\end{array}\right.\)

5 step solution

Problem 21

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{4 x+8 y=-6} \\ {6 x+12 y=-9}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 22

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{3 y<-x-1} \\ {y \leq|x+1|}\end{array}\right. $$

6 step solution

Problem 22

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{2 w+5 y=-24} \\ {3 w-5 y=14}\end{array}\right.\)

5 step solution

Problem 22

Without graphing, classify each system as independent, dependent, or inconsistent. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{4 y-2 x=6} \\ {8 y=4 x-12}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 23

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y>-2} \\ {y \leq-|x-3|}\end{array}\right. $$

3 step solution

Problem 23

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{aligned} 3 u+3 v &=15 \\\\-2 u+3 v &=-5 \end{aligned}\right.\)

5 step solution

Problem 24

Solve each system of inequalities by graphing. $$ \left\\{\begin{array}{l}{-2 x+y>3} \\ {y \leq-|x+4|}\end{array}\right. $$

4 step solution

Problem 24

Which point maximizes \(N=4 x+3 y\) and lies within the feasible region of the constraints at the right? \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{y \leq 9} \\ {2 x+2 y \leq 18} \\ {x \leq 3}\end{array}\right.\) A. \((0,0)\) B. \((9,0)\) C. \((3,6)\) D. \((0,9)\)

7 step solution

Problem 24

Solve each system by elimination. \(\left\\{\begin{array}{l}{x+3 y=11} \\ {x+4 y=14}\end{array}\right.\)

5 step solution

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