Lee washes houses. It takes him 40 minutes to wash a one-story home, and he uses 18 gallons of water. Power washing a two-story home takes less than 90 minutes, and he uses 30 gallons of water. Lee works no more than 40 hours each week, and his truck holds 500 gallons of water. He charges $90 to wash a one-story home and $150 to wash a two-story home. Lee wants to maximize his income washing one- and two-story houses. Let x represent the number of one-story houses and y represent the number of two-story houses.

What are the constraints for the problem?
(ive been stuck on this forever)

Question

Lee washes houses. It takes him 40 minutes to wash a one-story home, and he uses 18 gallons of water. Power washing a two-story home takes less than 90 minutes, and he uses 30 gallons of water. Lee works no more than 40 hours each week, and his truck holds 500 gallons of water. He charges $90 to wash a one-story home and $150 to wash a two-story home. Lee wants to maximize his income washing one- and two-story houses. Let x represent the number of one-story houses and y represent the number of two-story houses. 

What are the constraints for the problem? 
 (ive been stuck on this forever)

anonymous · Answer

Well if you have 2 inequalities they have to be 40x+90y<=2400 and 18x+30y<=500