In Problems 55-66, express your answer as a linear inequality with appropriate nonnegative restrictions and draw its graph. Fertilizer. A farmer wants to use two brands of fertilizer for his corn crop. Brand A contains 26 % nitrogen, 3 % phosphate, and 3 % potash . Brand B contains 16 % nitrogen, 8 % phosphate, and 8 % potash . (Source: Spectrum Analytic, Inc.) (A) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should he add to each acre if he wants to add at least 120 pounds of nitrogen to each acre? (B) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should be add to each acre if he wants to add at most 28 pounds of phosphate to each acre?
In Problems 55-66, express your answer as a linear inequality with appropriate nonnegative restrictions and draw its graph. Fertilizer. A farmer wants to use two brands of fertilizer for his corn crop. Brand A contains 26 % nitrogen, 3 % phosphate, and 3 % potash . Brand B contains 16 % nitrogen, 8 % phosphate, and 8 % potash . (Source: Spectrum Analytic, Inc.) (A) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should he add to each acre if he wants to add at least 120 pounds of nitrogen to each acre? (B) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should be add to each acre if he wants to add at most 28 pounds of phosphate to each acre?
In Problems 55-66, express your answer as a linear inequality with appropriate nonnegative restrictions and draw its graph.
Fertilizer. A farmer wants to use two brands of fertilizer for his corn crop. Brand
A
contains
26
% nitrogen,
3
% phosphate, and
3
% potash
.
Brand
B
contains
16
% nitrogen,
8
% phosphate, and
8
% potash
.
(Source: Spectrum Analytic, Inc.)
(A) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should he add to each acre if he wants to add at least
120
pounds of nitrogen to each acre?
(B) How many pounds of each brand of fertilizer should be add to each acre if he wants to add at most
28
pounds of phosphate to each acre?
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