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You are buying a coke for yourself and tacos for your friends. You have a limited budget of y dollars. If the coke cost $2.25 and the tacos cost $1.25 each, write a linear inequality to help you determine how many tacos you can buy.

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Answer:

The answer is 2.25x+1.25yy

Explanation:

User Tanvi
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Answer:

2.25x+1.25y
\leqy

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

the budget of y dollars

the coke cost $2.25 and

the tacos cost $1.25

Required:

the linear inequality based on the limited budget

Step two:

let the number of coke be x

and the number of tacos be y

So the linear inequality is

2.25x+1.25y
\leqy

User Josh Kupershmidt
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