Bottled water and medical supplies are to be shipped to survivors of a hurricane by plane. Each plane can carry no more than 80,000 pounds. The bottled water weighs 20 pounds per container and each medical kit weighs 10 pounds. Let x represent the number of bottles of water to be shipped. Let y represent the number of medical kits. The plane’s weight limitations can be described by the following inequality:
a. Graph the inequality. Because x
and y must be nonnegative, limit the graph to quadrant I and its boundary only.
b. Select an ordered pair satisfying the inequality. What are its coordinates and what do they represent in this situation?
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