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A supermarket employee is making a mixture of cashews and almonds. Cashews cost $7 per pound, and almonds cost $5 per pound. The employee wants to make less than 6 pounds of the mixture and wants the total cost of the nuts used in the mixture to be no more than $30.

Let x represent the number of pounds of cashews. Let y represent the number of pounds of almonds.

Which inequalities are among the constraints for this situation?

Select each correct answer.


(their is more than one answer!!!)

7x+5y>30

x+y≤30

7x+5y≤30

x+y<6

7x+5y<6

x+y≤6

User Sunil Kumar Yadav
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Answer:

7x+5y≤30 and x+y<6

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