A Dietician Is Asked to Design a Special Diet Supplement $31 X + 20 Y \geq 300$

question 82

Multiple Choice

A dietician is asked to design a special diet supplement using two foods. Each ounce of food X contains 31 units of calcium and each ounce of food Y contains 20 units of calcium. The minimum daily requirement in the diet is 300 units of calcium. Write a linear inequality that represents the different numbers of units of food X and food Y required.

• A) \(31 X + 20 Y \geq 300\)
• B) \(20 X + 31 Y \geq 300\)
• C) \(31 X - 20 Y \geq 300\)
• D) \(31 X + 20 Y \geq 249\)
• E) \(11 X + 20 Y \geq 300\)

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