A baker makes apple tarts ([tex]$t$[/tex]) and apple pies ([tex]$p$[/tex]) each day. Each tart requires 1 apple, and each pie requires 8 apples. The baker receives a shipment of 184 apples every day and makes no more than 40 tarts per day.

Which system of inequalities can be used to find the possible number of pies and tarts the baker can make?

1. [tex]\( t \leq 40 \)[/tex]
2. [tex]\( 8p + t \leq 184 \)[/tex]



Answer :

Let's solve the problem step-by-step.

Given that the baker makes apple tarts (denoted by [tex]\( t \)[/tex]) and apple pies (denoted by [tex]\( p \)[/tex]):

1. Each tart requires 1 apple.
2. Each pie requires 8 apples.
3. The baker receives a shipment of 184 apples every day.
4. The baker makes no more than 40 tarts per day.

We need to find a system of inequalities that models these constraints.

### Step 1: Total number of apples constraint
Each day, the baker can use at most 184 apples, utilized by tarts and pies. Therefore, the total apple usage is:
[tex]\[ p + 8t \leq 184 \][/tex]

### Step 2: Maximum tarts constraint
The baker can make no more than 40 tarts per day. Hence, the maximum number of tarts is:
[tex]\[ t \leq 40 \][/tex]

### Step 3: Pies and additional apples constraints
Additionally, if we rearrange the usage of apples to emphasize pies, another form of the inequality shows:
[tex]\[ 8p + t \leq 184 \][/tex]

### Summary
Therefore, the constraints can be summarized in the following system of inequalities, which best capture the baker's daily production limits:
[tex]\[ \begin{aligned} p + 8t & \leq 184 \\ t & \leq 40 \\ 8p + t & \leq 184 \end{aligned} \][/tex]

So, the correct system of inequalities that describes the possible number of pies and tarts the baker can make per day is:
[tex]\[ \begin{aligned} p+8t & \leq 184 \\ t & \leq 40 \\ 8p+t & \leq 184 \end{aligned} \][/tex]

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