How on earth do you do this maths problem?

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Sovereign
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How on earth do you do this maths problem?

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Hi.

So apparently i have a practice exam to catch up on, however since i've missed the last 2 weeks of school since i've been in hospital, i have no idea what to do on the practice exam.

Im sure this question isn't that hard, but i don't know what im doing, so if someone could help then i'd glady appreciate it as it will save me a lecture from my maths teacher tommrow morning.


K here it is:

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20)

A New school has X day students and Y boarding students.

The fees for a day student are 600 dollars a term
The fees for a boarding student are 1200 dollars a term
The school needs at least 720,000 dollars a term.

a)
Show that this information can be written as "x + 2y > 1200"

b)
The school has a maximum of 900 students.
Write down an inequality in x and y to show this information.

c) What is the least number of boarding students at the school



Thats It! Like i said, its probably not that hard, so to any genius's out there, thanks in advance if you can solve this for me!

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WTB Latex inline embedding, /sigh.

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*a) should say 600x+1200y>720,000, typo.
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Re: How on earth do you do this maths problem?

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eww maths

if it wasnt so late I would try to help but my brain is not responding well atm, especially when it comes to maths =[
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