Question

**PLEASE HELP** Suppose your class is raising money for the Red Cross. You make $5 on each basket of fruit and $3 in each box of cheese that you sell. How many items of each type must you sell to raise more than $150?

a. Write a linear inequality that describes the situation.
b. write two possible solutions to the problem

Answer 1

a. Write a linear inequality that describes the situation.
Let's name variables:
x: basket of fruit
y: box of cheese
We can write the following inequality:
5x + 3y> 150

b. write two possible solutions to the problem
For this problem we can have many solutions:
Two possible solutions are:
Solution 1:
x = 20
y = 20
5 (20) +3 (20)> 150
100 + 60> 150
160> 150

Solution 2:
x = 15
y = 30
5 (15) +3 (30)> 150
75 + 90> 150
165> 150