Question

Zoey and her children went into a grocery store where they sell apples for $2.25 each and bananas for $1.50 each. Zoey has $15 to spend and must buy a minimum of 7 apples and bananas altogether. Let x represents the number of apples purchased and y represents the number of bananas purchased so :

Zoey can buy ____ apples and _____bananas or

Answer 1

Zoey could buy 2 apples and 7 bananas.

Explanation:

Since the point (2, 7(2,7) is inside the double shaded region, one possible solution to the system of inequalities would be: