Freida is a clothing factory manager and wants to minimize her costs in the upcoming production cycle.
Her bosses have ordered that at least 100 shirts (s) and more than 150 pairs of pants (p) must be made to
meet inventory requirements. The factory cannot produce more than 800 garments in total and at east as
many pants as shirts produced. The total garments produced must also be at least 300. Shirts cost $8 each
to manufacture and sell for $22 while pants cost $5 to make and sell for $15. The factory costs $600 to run no
matter how many garments are made. How many shirts and pants should be made in order to minimize
costs?
1. Fill in the chart with the inequalities that come from this problem.
PROBLEM CONSTRAINTS
...at least 100 shirts
...more than 150 pairs of pants
. cannot produce more than 800 garments
„.at least as many pants as shirts produced
garments produced must be at least 300
2. Write the cost minimization equation.
3. Graph the system Of inequalities on the following graph or in Desmos.
4. How many Of each product should Freida make to minimize her costs?
5. profit is revenue minus costs. Write the profit equation (don't forget to include the $600 cost
independent of how many garments are produced)
6. Would your answer of what to produce be different if you were trying to maximize profit
instead of minimize costs? If so, what would be the new optimal production numbers?