Question

I am planning an ice cream party for 18 students who are allowed to eat 2 scoops of ice cream each. What constraint could affect our equation

Answer 1

Number of students = 18

Number of scoops allowed per student = 2

If we are to write the total number of scoops that all the students will recive in linear form:

let the total number represent y

A linear form has the form:

y = mx + c

In this question:

y = 2x

Since there is no constant, the c = 0

m= 2 scoops per person

x = number of persons

The constraint that can affect the equation is the number of scoops.

Since we are told each person will only have 2 scoops.

The constraint:

`0\leq\text{ scoops}\leq\text{ 2}`

This is because we can't have negative number of scoops of ice-cream.