Everything Maths Grade 11

CHAPTER 15. LINEARPROGRAMMING 15.5

• q≥ 40


• p≥ 30


• q + p≤ 100


• q≥ 2 p

Exercise 15 - 1

Write the following constraints as equations:

1. Michael is registeringfor courses at university.Michael needs to register for at least 4 courses.


2. Joyce is also registering for courses at university. She cannot register for more than 7 courses.


3. In a geography test, Simon is allowed to choose 4 questions from each section.


4. A baker can bake at most 50 chocolate cakes in oneday.


5. Megan and Katja cancarry at most 400 koeksisters.

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Writing the Objective Function EMBCD

If the objective functionis not given to you as anequation, you will needto be able to convert a word
description to an equation to get the objective function.

You will need to look for words like:

• most profit


• least cost


• largest area