Answer:
Step-by-step explanation: The given problem states that you can spend no more than $40 on school spirit plushes and bottles. Each plush costs $10 and each bottle costs $8. You want to buy less than or school spirit things. Let's assume x as the number of plushes and y as the number of bottles bought.Therefore, the cost of buying x plushes would be $10x and the cost of buying y bottles would be $8y.The system that represents this situation is:x + y < 5 (because the question states that you want to buy less than 5 school spirit things)10x + 8y ≤ 40 (because the total amount spent cannot exceed $40)Hence, the correct system is option C:x + y < 5 and 10x + 8y ≤ 40.