Question

2. Lucas has $5.00 to spend at the farmer's market. His favorite items are peppers and tomatoes. Peppers cost $0.50 and tomatoes cost $1.25. The table below indicates how many whole tomatoes can be purchased based on the number of peppers purchased. Find a linear inequality that represents the combination of tomatoes (t) and peppers (p) Lucas can buy with his $5.00. the picture is the table it came with

Answer 1

we try to write the statements in mathematical expression

the sum of the prices of tomatoes and peppers must be less than or equal to 5

so

`0.5p+1.25t\le5`