Question

9 Peter wants to plant x plum trees and y apple trees.

He wants at least 3 plum trees and at least 2 apple trees.
(a) Write down one inequality in x and one inequality in y to represent these conditions.
Answer(a)
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Answer 1

x ≥ 3

y ≥ 2

What we know:

- Peter wants to plant x plum trees and y apple trees

- At least 3 plum trees

- At least 2 apple trees

Explanation:

At least 3 plum trees and x represents plum trees:

x ≥ 3

At least 2 apple trees and y represents apple trees:

y ≥ 2

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