7. Linear Programming

Using a problem setting of varying hours of summer work with two possible jobs, students explore the restrictions of domain and range and linear inequalities to set boundaries on a region of the graph where solutions may lie. Within this region, they must determine the solution that gives the maximum weekly income. (This problem is based on a problem from the NC Algebra II Indicators.) Once a solution is reached, generalizations about the method are made, and another problem tackled.

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