Captain Liz is going to load her cruise ship with bags of sugar. She has room for 19 bags of sugar. She has allotted for 121 pounds of sugar on her ship. She can choose from 7-pound bags (the variable s) or 10-pound bags (the variable p). Which equations would be a constraint to Captain Liz maximizing her sugar load?

1. 7s = 121 + 10p
2. 7s = 121 − 10p
3. s − p = 19
4. s = 19 + p

Question

Captain Liz is going to load her cruise ship with bags of sugar. She has room for 19 bags of sugar. She has allotted for 121 pounds of sugar on her ship. She can choose from 7-pound bags (the variable s) or 10-pound bags (the variable p). Which equations would be a constraint to Captain Liz maximizing her sugar load?

1.  7s = 121 + 10p
2.  7s = 121 − 10p
3.  s − p = 19
4.  s = 19 + p

neonumbrella5115 · Answer

What do you think? :)

anonymous · Answer

I think its the first one . But im not sure @neonumbrella5115

neonumbrella5115 · Answer

You're so close.  Since the equation is written as 10p+7s=121, when you solve, what does the equation look like?