Question

7. A software company is hiring some programmers to add to its development team. A junior

programmer's salary is $53,000 and a senior programmer's salary is $110,000. To keep costs
down, the total spending on these new positions must be under $610,000 annually.
Find the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and
the following variables.
x = the number of junior programmers
y = the number of senior programmers

Answer 1

53,000x+110,000y < 610,000

Explanation:

An inequality refers to the relationship between two values that are not equal. With the information provided, the inequality has to indicate that the salary of the junior programmer multiply for the number of junior programmers plus the salary of the senior programmers multiply for the number of them has to be less than 610,000 as the statement says that the total spending on these new positions must be under $610,000:

53,000x+110,000y < 610,000