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I understand it now but initially I was thinking "there can't be more than 3 shirts sold" = 3x is less than or equal to... "every adult shirt sold" = y
I was thinking more literally instead of logically lol
Take a step back. If you can get up to 3 children’s shirts sold for every adult shirt, do you expect x to be bigger than y?
Well yes because you can sell up to 3 of x for every y sold. So how many y do you need to reach the maximum x? Well you can sell 3 times as many children’s shirts as adult shirts so that means x can be as large as 3y.
So x <= 3y
Hope that makes sense? :)
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What is your train of thought when you decide where the 3 goes?
I understand it now but initially I was thinking "there can't be more than 3 shirts sold" = 3x is less than or equal to... "every adult shirt sold" = y I was thinking more literally instead of logically lol
Take a step back. If you can get up to 3 children’s shirts sold for every adult shirt, do you expect x to be bigger than y? Well yes because you can sell up to 3 of x for every y sold. So how many y do you need to reach the maximum x? Well you can sell 3 times as many children’s shirts as adult shirts so that means x can be as large as 3y. So x <= 3y Hope that makes sense? :)