Question

Adele wants to spend no more than $19 while stocking up on peanut butter and jelly. peanut butter costs $2 per jar, while jelly costs $1. select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. use the given numbers and the following variables.

Answer 1

The inequality in standard form that represents Adele's situation of spending no more than $19 on peanut butter and jelly, given that peanut butter is $2 per jar and jelly is $1 per jar, is 2x + y ≤ 19.

Step-by-step explanation:

To express the situation where Adele wants to spend no more than $19 on peanut butter and jelly, we need to define variables for the quantities of peanut butter and jelly jars she can buy. If we call x the number of peanut butter jars and y the number of jelly jars, we can write the inequality based on the given prices for each. Since peanut butter is $2 per jar, and jelly is $1 per jar, and she does not want to spend more than $19, our inequality will be:

2x + y ≤ 19

This inequality represents that the total cost of the peanut butter jars plus the total cost of the jelly jars should be less than or equal to $19, which aligns with her budget constraint.