Problem 70
A dietitian designs a special dietary supplement using two different foods. Each ounce of food X contains 20 units of calcium, 15 units of iron, and 10 units of vitamin B. Each ounce of food Y contains 10 units of calcium, 10 units of iron, and 20 units of vitamin B. The minimum daily requirements of the diet are 300 units of calcium, 150 units of iron, and 200 units of vitamin B. (a) Write a system of inequalities describing the different amounts of food X and food Y that can be used. (b) Sketch a graph of the region corresponding to the system in part (a). (c) Find two solutions of the system and interpret their meanings in the context of the problem.
Problem 70
True or False? In Exercises 69 and 70 , determine whether the statement is true or false. Justify your answer. If a system consists of a parabola and a circle, then the system can have at most two solutions.