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Sophia has $2 to buy oranges and apples. Oranges cost $0.45 each and apples cost $0.25 each. How many oranges and apples can she buy?

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Answer:

The solution in the attached figure

Explanation:

Let

x-----> the number of oranges

y-----> the number of apples

we know that

The inequality that represent this situation is


0.45x+0.25y\leq 2

The solution is the shaded area below the solid line between the positive whole numbers values of x and y

using a graphing tool

see the attached figure

Sophia has $2 to buy oranges and apples. Oranges cost $0.45 each and apples cost $0.25 each-example-1
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