1. For a healthy person who is 4 feet 10 inches tall, the recommended minimum weight is about 91 pounds and increases by about 3.65 pounds for each additional inch of height. The recommended maximum weight is about 119 pounds and increases by about 4.85 pounds for each additional inch of height. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
(a) Let be the number of inches by which a person’s height exceeds 4 feet 10 inches and let be the person’s weight in pounds. Write a system of inequalities that describes the possible values of and for a healthy person.
(b) Use a graphing utility to graph the system of inequalities from part (a).
(c) What is the recommended weight range for someone 6 feet tall?
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