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A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs $2 per pound and seeds cost $20 per pound.

To summarize the situation, the farmer writes the inequality:

2f + 20s ≤ 4,000, where f is the number of pounds of fertilizer and s is the number of pounds of seeds.

Which graph's shaded region shows the possible combinations of fertilizer and seeds the farmer can buy?

User ShanN
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4 votes

Answer:

top right :D

Explanation:

User Hongfeng
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Answer:

The graph in the attached figure

Explanation:

Let

f -----> the number of pounds of fertilizer

s ----> the number of pounds of seeds

we know that

The inequality that represent the situation is


2f+20s\leq 4,000

using a graphing tool

see the attached figure

The solution is the triangular shaded area

A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs-example-1
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