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Pineapple and Sugar Cane Problem In James Michener's Hawaii, whip Hoxworth grew pineapples and sugar cane on the island of Kauai. Let p be the number of thousands of acres planted with pineapples, let s be the number of thousands of acres planted with sugar cane, and let D be the number of dollars profit made, total, in a year. Answer the following questions.

September 20, 2012

a)If Hoxworth makes a profit of $70 per acre of pineappleand a profit of $100 per acre of sugar cane, write an equation expressing D in terms of p and s.

b. Hoxworth can sell no more than 35 thousand acres of pineapple and at most 15 thousand acresof sugar cane per year. Write inequalities expressing these facts and plot their graphs

c. Hoxworth has only 40,000 acres available for planting, of which he must use at least 10,000 if his business is to be worthwhile. Write inequalities expressing these facts, and plot them on their graphs.

d, Hoxworth has 600 laborers. It takes 10 laborers for each thousand acres of pineapple, and 30 laborers per thousand acres of sugar cane. Write an inequality. and plot.

e. There are 15 trucks available for shipping pineapples and sugar cane. It takes about .4 trucks per thousand acres of pineapple, and about .5 trucks per thousand acres for sugar cane. Write and plot an inequality for this requirement.

f. To assure the right ratio of crops, the land devoted to sugar cane must be less than twice the land devoted to pineapples. Write and plot an inequality for this requirement.

g. What is the maximum feasible profit?

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