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You are wealthy property investor and you wish to build a hotel with no more than 20 rooms. Market research has shown that you should have at least 7 single rooms and at least 10 double rooms.

This information is to be shown by shading unwanted regions on a graph. Let x be the number of single rooms and y the number of double rooms.

What inequality describes the region showing at least 7 single rooms?


CorrectWrong

What inequality describes the region showing at least 10 double rooms?


CorrectWrong

What inequality describes the region showing no more than 20 rooms in total?


CorrectWrong

The hotel rooms will cost £80 per single per night and £120 per double per night.

What combination of single and double rooms should be built, so that the nightly income is maximised?

Number of single rooms: CorrectWrong   Number of double rooms CorrectWrong

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Inequalities - A drag and drop inequality graph exercise

Level 1 - A question about building a new hotel with single and double rooms

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The Plot button colours in the unwanted region leaving the required region white.

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