Answer: It depends on which variable you're solving for.
Step-by-step explanation:
Solving for b: b=7/8mx + -1/8xy
Solving for m: m=xy+8b
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7x
Solving for x: x=-8b
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-7m+y
Solving for y: y=7mx-8b
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x
Answer:
t + 109,400.00 =$120,340.00
Step-by-step explanation:
Lagrange multipliers:







(if

)

(if

)

(if

)
In the first octant, we assume

, so we can ignore the caveats above. Now,

so that the only critical point in the region of interest is (1, 2, 2), for which we get a maximum value of

.
We also need to check the boundary of the region, i.e. the intersection of

with the three coordinate axes. But in each case, we would end up setting at least one of the variables to 0, which would force

, so the point we found is the only extremum.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given

28 people going.....3 vans and 1 car....8 people per van
if there is 8 people per van, and there is 3 vans....8 * 3 = 24 people take the vans......leaving 28 - 24 = 4 people taking the car <==