Sunday, July 12, 2009

The school system is trying to help their students be more successful. They are going to hire tutors to help.?

They must have more teachers than tutors. The maximum number of teachers and tutors to be hired is 50. How many tutors and how many teachers can they hire?








Let x = number of teachers hired.





Let y = number of tutors hired.





a. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the number of teachers hired must exceed the number of tutors hired.





b. Write an inequality that represents the statement that the maximum number of teachers and tutors is 50.








c. Choose a point that satisfies the situation, and explain why you chose that number of tutors and teachers.

The school system is trying to help their students be more successful. They are going to hire tutors to help.?
a. x %26gt; y





b. x + y "is less than or equal to" 50





c. Well, if you divided the 50 equally between teachers and tutors, you would have 25 each. But you know that you must have more teachers than tutors. Having 26 teachers and 24 tutors would do the trick, but it's not the only answer. You could have even more teacheres and even fewer tutors. Or, you could have fewer than 50 in total.
Reply:a.


x %26gt; y





b.


x + y %26lt;= 50





c.


The obvious choice would be 26 teachers and 24 tutors because the tutors would obviously be cheaper. Everything always comes down to money.


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