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A student is ordering dried chili peppers and corn husks for a cooking class.

Chili peppers cost $16.95 per pound.
Corn husks cost $6.49 per pound.
The student plans to spend less than $50.
Here are the inequality and graph that represents this situation.

16.95p+6.49h<50
p represents the number of pounds of dried chili peppers

h represents the number of pounds of corn husks



Which combinations of pounds of dried chili peppers (p) and corn husks (h) can the student purchase? Select all that apply.


A 1 pound of dried chilis and 5 pounds of corn husks1 pound of dried chilis and 5 pounds of corn husks

B 2 pounds of dried chilis and 1 pound of corn husks2 pounds of dried chilis and 1 pound of corn husks

C 0 pounds of dried chilis and 7 pounds of corn husks0 pounds of dried chilis and 7 pounds of corn husks

D 4 pounds of dried chilis and 0 pounds of corn husks4 pounds of dried chilis and 0 pounds of corn husks

E 1 pound of dried chilis and 3 pounds of corn husks1 pound of dried chilis and 3 pounds of corn husks

F 3 pounds of dried chilis and 3 pounds of corn husks

A student is ordering dried chili peppers and corn husks for a cooking class. Chili-example-1
User John Marter
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13 votes

Answer:

e, b

Explanation:

you gotta multiply and see if it matches the inequality

User Dis
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