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Optimisation

I am absolutely stuck on this question. I’ve found someone post the answers to it but I can’t follow it

Reply 1

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Second photo shows how they did it. I under stand the 3x + 2y = 48

But I cannot understand where the area came from.

Reply 2

I’ve had a brain wave. Disregard for now until I inevitably get it wrong

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