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Answer:

12 burgers, 0 sub sandwiches or 7 burgers, 5 sandwiches

Explanation

First, we need to form the equation. This will be 2.50x + 3.50y ≤ 30.

2.5x + 3.5y ≤ 30

Now I'll solve for x here, but you don't have to.

First I'll move 3.5y to the other side by subtracting that value from both sides.

2.5x ≤ -3.5y + 30

Next, divide by 2.5 to get just x on the left.

x ≤ -1.4y + 12

Now to substitute.

2.5(-1.4y + 12) + 3.5y ≤ 30

-3.5y + 30 + 3.5y ≤ 30

Wait a second...This creates... (canceling out -3.5y and 3.5y...)

30 ≤ 30

The two sides are the same! That means one solution has y being 0. 30/2.5 (as we already figured out) is 12. So one solution is (12, 0).

Solution 2 can be figured out with this. What is the LCM of 3.5 and 2.5? Here we really need to use 35 and 25.

First, to factorize.

25: 5 * 5

35: 5 * 7

A five in is common. So to get the LCM, we need to multiply 5 * 7 * 5 to get 175. However, since this is in TENTHS, it's actually 17.5 being the LCM between 3.5 and 2.5.

Since 7 * 2.5 = 17.5, as does 3.5 * 5, our other solution is (7, 5).

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