A farmer plants wheat and rye. The farmer needs to plant at least 3 acres of rye, but no more than 15 acres of rye. The farmer needs to plant at least 1 acre of wheat, but no more than 7 acres of wheat. The farmer has up to 20 acres available for planting wheat and rye. Each acre of wheat makes a profit of $500. Each acre of rye makes a profit of $300.

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A farmer plants wheat and rye.      The farmer needs to plant at least 3 acres of rye, but no more than 15 acres of rye.     The farmer needs to plant at least 1 acre of wheat, but no more than 7 acres of wheat.     The farmer has up to 20 acres available for planting wheat and rye.     Each acre of wheat makes a profit of $500.     Each acre of rye makes a profit of $300.

mvpriest6 · Answer

what does it wants us to solve

anonymous · Answer

Identify the variables in this situation.

anonymous · Answer

Write an objective function to model this scenario

anonymous · Answer

Write the constratints for this scenario.

mvpriest6 · Answer

okay what do you think the model function could be?

anonymous · Answer

f(x,y)=500x+300y

mvpriest6 · Answer

why

anonymous · Answer

Each acre of wheat makes a profit of $500. Each acre of rye makes a profit of $300.

mvpriest6 · Answer

good, really quick find out how much money he would make and figure out how many acers he can get, you should figure it out it gave you all the info.

mvpriest6 · Answer

3 can go into 15 how many times

mvpriest6 · Answer

5 right

mvpriest6 · Answer

so 5 times 300 is $1500 and do the same with the other

anonymous · Answer

its the constraints i dont kno how 2 do

mvpriest6 · Answer

oh ok well give it a try what do you think you do to solve it

mvpriest6 · Answer

well what is a constraint

mvpriest6 · Answer

@AnswerMyQuestions can you help

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I think that's right.

anonymous · Answer

But I'm not sure about the rest.

mvpriest6 · Answer

okay