A cereal manufacturer makes two different kinds of cereal, Senior Citizen\'s Fea

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A cereal manufacturer makes two different kinds of cereal, Senior Citizen's Feast and Kids Go. Each pound of Senior Citizen's Feast requires 0.6 lb of wheat and 0.2 lb of vitamin-enriched syrup, and each pound of Kids Go requires 0.4 lb of wheat, 0.2 lb of sugar, and 0.2 lb of vitamin-enriched syrup. Suppliers can deliver at most 2800 lb of wheat, at most 800 lb of sugar, and at least 1000 lb of the vitamin-enriched syrup.

(a) Write the inequalities that describe how many pounds of each type of cereal can be made. (Let x represent the number of pounds of Senior Citizen's Feast, and let y represent the number of pounds of Kids Go.

wheat:

vitamin-enriched syrup:

sugar:

Explanation / Answer

Set up inequality as

x>=0

y>=0

Wheat

0.6x+ 0.4y <=2800

sugar:

0.2y<=800

vitamin-enriched syrup:

.2x+0.2y>=1000

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