Question

You can spend at most $8 on potatoes and carrots for a stew. Potatoes cost $2 per pound,

and carrots cost $1 per pound. Write an inequality that represents the amounts of potatoes
and carrots you can buy. Let x = pounds of potatoes and let y = pounds of carrots.

Answer 1

`2x + y \leq 8`

Explanation:

since potatoes cost $2 they are represented as 2x

Carrots cost $1 and are simply y