Question

Towanda makes two types of jewelry: bracelets andnecklaces. Each bracelet takes her 2 hours to makeand each necklace takes 3 hours to make. Towandahas 16 hours available to make jewelry. Write a linearinequality to represent this situation where x representsthe number of bracelets and y represents the number ofy necklaces she makes.

Answer 1

Given that,

Towanda makes two types of jewelry

1)each bracelet takes 2 hours to make.

2)each necklace takes 3 hours to make.

To find a linear inequality to represent this situation

Let x represents the number of bracelets and y represents the number of necklaces she makes.

Considering the given situation, we get the inequality as,

`2x+3y\leq16`

Answer is:

`2x+3y\leq16`