Question

Jessica is buying chicken wings and hamburger meat for a party. One bag of chicken wings costs $6. Hamburger meat costs $3 per pound. She must spend no more than $30. She also knows that she needs to buy at least 5 pounds of hamburger meat. Which system of inequalities can be used to determine the number of bags of chicken wings, x, and the number of pounds of hamburger meat, y, that Jessica should buy?(1 point)

Answer 1

6x + 3y ≤ 30

y ≥ 5

Explanation:

Let

x = number of bags of chicken wings

y = number of pounds of hamburger meat

Cost of one bag of chicken wings = $6

Cost of one pound of Hamburger meat = $3

She must spend no more than $30.

The inequality

6x + 3y ≤ 30

She also knows that she needs to buy at least 5 pounds of hamburger meat.

y ≥ 5