Math Problem Statement

An airline offers economy and business class tickets. For the airline to be profitable, it must sell a minimum of 27 business class tickets and a minimum of 30 economy tickets. The company makes a profit of R245 for each economy ticket and R295 for each business class ticket. At most, the plane has a capacity of 155 travellers. The airline would like to maximize their profit.

Let x represent the number of economy tickets sold and let y be the number of business class tickets sold.

Identify the constraint and objective functions in this problem. Use the table of guidelines below to type your functions. Do not include any spaces when typing your functions.

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Constraints:

Number of economy tickets:

Number of business class tickets:

Capacity:

Objective function:

Maximize

Solution

Here are the constraint and objective functions based on the problem you provided:

Constraints:

  1. Minimum number of economy tickets: x30x \geq 30 Type: x>=30

  2. Minimum number of business class tickets: y27y \geq 27 Type: y>=27

  3. Capacity constraint (total number of travelers): x+y155x + y \leq 155 Type: x+y<=155

Objective function:

Maximize profit:
P=245x+295yP = 245x + 295y Type: P=245x+295y

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Here are 5 related questions:

  1. How do we graph these constraints on a coordinate plane?
  2. How do we solve the system of inequalities to find feasible solutions?
  3. What is the significance of the boundary lines in the solution space?
  4. How do we determine the optimal solution for maximizing profit?
  5. How do corner points affect the optimization of the objective function?

Tip: When solving optimization problems, always check the vertices (corner points) of the feasible region, as these often yield the maximum or minimum values for the objective function.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Linear Programming
Inequalities
Maximization

Formulas

x >= 30 (Minimum economy tickets)
y >= 27 (Minimum business tickets)
x + y <= 155 (Total capacity)
P = 245x + 295y (Maximize profit)

Theorems

Linear programming optimization
Feasible region and corner points theorem

Suitable Grade Level

Grades 10-12