Answer:
The carpenter will not be able to buy 12 '2 by 8 boards' and 14 '4 by 4 boards'.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Amount a carpenter can spend at most = $250
The inequality to represent the amount he can spend on each type of board is given as:
where represents '2 by 8 boards' and
represents '4 by 4 boards'.
To determine whether the carpenter can buy 12 '2 by 8 boards' and 14 '4 by 4 boards'.
Solution :
In order to check whether the carpenter can buy 12 '2 by 8 boards' and 14 '4 by 4 boards' , we need to plugin the and
in the given inequality and see if it satisfies the condition or not or in other words (12,14) must be a solution for the inequality.
Plugging in and
in the given inequality
The above statement can never be true and hence the carpenter will not be able to buy 12 '2 by 8 boards' and 14 '4 by 4 boards'.