Question

suppose you are buying two kinds of chips for a party. Each bag of potato chips cost $2.50 and each bag of corn chips cost $2.90. You must have at least 100 bags of chips for the party and the total cost of the chips can be no more than $350
Part A:Write a system of two inequalities that describe the situation
Part B: Write one possible solution to the problem in sentence form ​

Answer 1

Answer:

At least means ≥

No more than means ≤

Let x = number of bags of potato chips

Let y = the number of bags of corn chips

x+y≥100

2.50x+2.90y≤$350

Let's try x=80 and y=20 (We know that is equals 100 so it will work for the first equation

2.50(80)+2.90(20) = 258 which is ≤$350

Buy 80 bags of potato chips and 20 bags of corn chips is one possibility.