Joey is buying plants for his garden. He wants to have at least twice as many flowering plants as nonflowering plants and a minimum of 36 plants in his garden. Flowering plants sell for $8, and nonflowering plants sell for $5. Joey wants to purchase a combination of plants that minimizes cost. Let x represent the number of flowering plants and y represent the number of nonflowering plants.

What are the vertices of the feasible region for this problem?

a. (0,0) (0,36) (24,12)

b. (0,36) (24,12)

c. (0,36) (24,12) (36,0)

d. (24,12) (36,0)

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Yoselin Pope

Mathematics

17 May, 18:46

Joey is buying plants for his garden. He wants to have at least twice as many flowering plants as nonflowering plants and a minimum of 36 plants in his garden. Flowering plants sell for $8, and nonflowering plants sell for $5. Joey wants to purchase a combination of plants that minimizes cost. Let x represent the number of flowering plants and y represent the number of nonflowering plants.

What are the vertices of the feasible region for this problem?

a. (0,0) (0,36) (24,12)

b. (0,36) (24,12)

c. (0,36) (24,12) (36,0)

d. (24,12) (36,0)

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Justice Chung · Answer 1

The question is asking to choose among the following choices that states the vertices of the feasible region for the problem and base on my calculation and further research about the said problem, the answer would be letter D. (24,12) and (36,0). I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more