A city wants to plant maple and spruce trees to absorb carbon dioxide. The city has 45,000 ft^2 available for planting.
A. Use the data from the table. Write the constraints for the situation.
B. Write the objective function
C. Graph the feasible region and find the vertices
D. How many of each tree should the city plant to maximize carbon dioxide absorption?

Question

A city wants to plant maple and spruce trees to absorb carbon dioxide. The city has 45,000 ft^2 available for planting.
A. Use the data from the table. Write the constraints for the situation.
B. Write the objective function
C. Graph the feasible region and find the vertices
D. How many of each tree should the city plant to maximize carbon dioxide absorption?

anonymous · Answer

This is the table 


                  spruce        maple
planting cost        $30                $40
area required      600 ft^2        900 ft^2
carbon diox.
absorption            650 lb/yr       300 lb/yr