Question

Joey is buying plants for his garden. He wants to have at least twice as many flowering plants as nonflowering plants and a minimum of 36 plants in his garden. Flowering plants sell for $8, and nonflowering plants sell for $5. Joey wants to purchase a combination of plants that minimizes cost. Let x represent the number of flowering plants and y represent the number of nonflowering plants.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Set up two equations:

2y >/=x

X+y=36

Solve by substituting x for 2y.

This is using the method of substitution.

Answer 2

(24, 12), (36, 0) hope this answer helps you