By the given scenario above, we can formulate two inequalities that best represent the scenario. We let x and y be the number of tables and chairs, respectively such that,
25x + 15y ≤ 285
x + y ≥ 16
The values of x and y if we temporarily change all the inequality signs to equal signs are 4.5 and 11.5, respectively. Since, it is not allowed for a number of item to be in negative, we can then say that the number of tables should be 4 and that of chair is 12.
