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9. Cal is buying T-shirts and shorts. T-shirts

cost $12 and shorts cost $25. He plans
on spending no more than $160 and
wants to buy at least 5 items.
a. Write a system of linear inequalities
that represents the situation.
b. Graph the inequalities.

9. Cal is buying T-shirts and shorts. T-shirts cost $12 and shorts cost $25. He plans-example-1
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Hey there!

Step By Step:

Well so we know that 12 is about half of an 25. So what we are gonna do is to buy 3 of 12$ and 2 of 25$.

3x12=36 and 2x25=50.

With adding those two last numbers, you’ll get $86.

Graph would be down below.

Hope it helps :D

9. Cal is buying T-shirts and shorts. T-shirts cost $12 and shorts cost $25. He plans-example-1
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