Question

Suppose you buy flour and cornmeal in bulk to make flour tortillas and corn tortillas. Flour costs $1.50 per pound and cornmeal cost $2.50 per pound. You want to spend less than $25 on flour and cornmeal, but you need at least 6 pounds altogether.

Write and graph a system of linear equalities
Write two possible solutions

Answer 1

6 each.

Explanation:

1.50 × 6 is 9

2.50 × 6 is 15

15 + 9 is 24. So less then 25 dollars and more then 6 pounds