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A theater manager is planning an upcoming concert. Regular tickets will cost $12 and student tickets will cost $8. The theater can seat at most 200 people. The manager wants to collect at least $1000 from ticket sales. Let x represent the number of regular tickets sold. Let y represent the number of student tickets sold. Select all inequalities that represent constraints for this situation.

Verified Answer :

Let x be the number of regular tickets
Let y be the number of student tickets

At the most, we can seat 200 people (both regular tickets and student tickets holder). So the inequality is given by: \(x+y \leq 200\)

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One student ticket cost $
8, so \(y\) numbers of student tickets cost \(8y\)

We want to at least get $1000 from the ticket selling, so the inequality is given by: \(12x+8y \geq 1000\)

The constraint is given by simplifying both inequalities to the lowest term

First, we have \(x+y \leq 200\) ⇒ This is already the lowest term
Second, we have \(12x+8y \geq 1000\)
Simplifying this by dividing each term by 4, we have \(3x+2y \geq 250\)

The two constraining inequalities are:
\(x+y \leq 200\)
\(3x+2y \geq 250\)