Given:
your speed = 70 mph
Your friend's speed = 75 mph
You want to drive at least 500 miles per day.
You also plan to spend no more than 10 hours driving each day.
To find:
The system of linear inequalities that represents this situation.
Solution:
Let x be the number of hours you drive and let y represents the number of hours your friend will drive.
You also plan to spend no more than 10 hours driving each day.
[tex]x+y\leq 10[/tex]
Your speed is 70 mph and your friend's speed is 75 mph. So, the distance covered in x and y hours are 70x miles and 75y miles respectively.
You want to drive at least 500 miles per day. So, the total distance must be greater than or equal to 500.
[tex]70x+75y\geq 500[/tex]
[tex]5(14x+15y)\geq 500[/tex]
Divide both sides by 5.
[tex]14x+15y\geq 100[/tex]
Therefore, the required system of inequalities has two inequalities [tex]x+y\leq 10[/tex] and [tex]14x+15y\geq 100[/tex].
