A tour director is hiring boats to transport a group of tourists across a river. He must make sure there is room for at least 32 passengers, the number of tourists in the group. A dinghy can seat 5 passengers and a flatboat can seat 2 passengers. Select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables. x = number of dinghies y = number of flatboats
Q. A tour director is hiring boats to transport a group of tourists across a river. He must make sure there is room for at least 32 passengers, the number of tourists in the group. A dinghy can seat 5 passengers and a flatboat can seat 2 passengers. Select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables. x = number of dinghies y = number of flatboats
Calculate Dinghies Capacity: Dinghies can seat 5 passengers each, so the total number of passengers seated in dinghies is 5x.
Calculate Flatboats Capacity: Flatboats can seat 2 passengers each, so the total number of passengers seated in flatboats is 2y.
Find Total Passenger Capacity: To find the total number of passengers that can be seated, we add the passengers from dinghies and flatboats: 5x+2y.
Set Passenger Capacity Inequality: The tour director needs to ensure there is room for at least 32 passengers, so the inequality is 5x+2y≥32.
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