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Question : 48 of 54

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The rules and representations demand that employed should employ not more than 8 expressed leads to 1 fresh one and then fact can be expressed as

$y \geq \frac{x}{8}$
$8y \leq x$
$8y = x$
$y = 8x$

Solution:

Concept:

The phrase "not more than 8 expressed leads to 1 fresh one" means the number of expressed leads is at most 8 times the number of fresh leads.

Explanation:

Let

x

be the number of expressed leads and

y

be the number of fresh leads.

"Not more than 8 expressed leads to 1 fresh one" translates to:

x \leq 8y

.

Rearranging:

y \geq \frac{x}{8}

.

This matches option A.

Answer:

Option A:

y \geq \frac{x}{8}

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