Question

Your boss hands you the monthly data that show the number of orders coming in to and out of the warehouse. The data are in the table below. Explain to your boss, in complete sentences, the solution to this system and what the solution represents.


Month #. of orders in No. of orders out
January (1) 3 1
February (2) 4 3
March (3) 5 5
April (4) 6 7

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 i dont get whatthe question is asking for

Answer 2

it says explain the solution to the system but what system? do i make my own?

Answer 3

something seems missing but I can't figure out what exactly

Answer 4

thats all the question had

Answer 5

ok let me think

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

can I see a screenshot of the full problem?

Answer 8

i dont have it anyomore cause if you refrsh the page, you have to tell your teacher to reset it so i can seee it again tomorrow

Answer 9

I don't agree. Not all solutions are where y = x. There has to be more to this problem that isn't being shown here. Maybe it's referencing a previous problem?

Answer 10

no there are total 2 different word problems

Answer 11

the last problem was about a grpah that i asked you earlier

Answer 12

hmm maybe it's saying that if you order more in than what you sell out is a bad idea. Or if you sell more than you order then it's no possible. Though I don't know how that's possible.

So I guess the optimal place to be is where you order as much as you sell

Answer 13

of course there's always roll over which I didn't think about til now

Answer 14

oh

Answer 15

sorry I'm still not sure about this one

Answer 16

is it asking what month they will have same value?

Answer 17

@ganeshie8 do you think you can explain what this problem is trying to ask? what system are they talking about?

Answer 18

@rebeccaxhawaii

Answer 19

im not sure either

Answer 20

ok

Answer 21

@ganeshie8

Answer 22

@mathstudent55 do you understand this probelm?