Question

A student has 30 minutes to complete an exam. There are 9 multiple-choice questions worth 2 points each. There are also 3 short answer questions worth 6 points each. It takes about 3 minutes to answer a multiple-choice question and about 5 minutes to complete a short answer question. Let x represent the # of multiple choice problems the student should answer correctly and, y represent the # of short answer problems they should answer correctly.
Question 1; State the Objective Function (using the variable S for score) that could be used to maximize the exam score in the linear programming problem given

Answer 1

The objective function (using the variable S for score) that could be used to maximize the exam score in the linear programming problem given is:
S = 2x + 6y