Juan’s exercise regimen includes golf, swimming, and playing the drums. He has at most 12 hours per week to devote to these activities. He wants the total time he plays golf and play the drums to be at least twice as long as he swims. His neighbors, however, will tolerate no more than 5 hours per week on the drums. According to a website, a 180-pound person like Juan will burn an average of 368 calories per hour playing golf, 490 calories per hour swimming, and 327 calories playing the drums. How many hours per week should Juan spend on each exercise to maximize the number of calories he burns? A) find the objective function: B) write out the constraints: don't solve the problem

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Juan’s exercise regimen includes golf, swimming, and playing the drums. He has at most 12 hours per week to devote to these activities. He wants the total time he plays golf and play the drums to be at least twice as long as he swims. His neighbors, however, will tolerate no more than 5 hours per week on the drums. According to a website, a 180-pound person like Juan will burn an average of 368 calories per hour playing golf, 490 calories per hour swimming, and 327 calories playing the drums. How many hours per week should Juan spend on each exercise to maximize the number of calories he burns?

A) find the objective function:

B) write out the constraints:

don't solve the problem 

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