OCR Further Discrete AS 2024 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Discrete AS (Further Discrete AS)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicCombinations & Selection

6 Beth wants to buy some tokens for use in a game.
Each token is either a silver token or a gold token.
Silver tokens and gold tokens have different points values in the game.
Silver tokens have a value of 1.5 points each.
Gold tokens have a value of 4 points each.
Beth already has 2 silver tokens and 1 gold token.
She also has \(\pounds 10\) that can be spent on buying more tokens.
Silver tokens can be bought for \(\pounds 2\) each.
Gold tokens can be bought for \(\pounds 6\) each.
After buying some tokens, Beth has \(x\) silver tokens and \(y\) gold tokens.
She now has a total of at least 5 tokens and no more than 8 tokens.
  1. Set up an LP formulation in \(x\) and \(y\) for the problem of maximising the points value of tokens that she finishes with.
  2. Use a graphical method to determine how many tokens of each type Beth should buy to maximise the points value of her tokens.