Question

The community garden has $125 to purchase new plants that cost $15.99 each and bags of soil that cost $12.54 each, where x is the number of purchased plants and y is the number of purchased bags of soil. Which inequality represents this situation?

Answer 1

15.99x + 12.54y < = 125 ...(thats less then or equal)

Answer 2

`15.99x+12.54y\leq 125`

Explanation:

Let

x------> the number of purchased plants

y------> the number of purchased bags of soil

we know that

The inequality that represent the situation is equal to

`15.99x+12.54y\leq 125`

The solution is the triangular shaded area

see the attached figure