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Andi wants to spend no more than $50 on Halloween treats. She wants to buy candy bars that cost $1 each and lollipops that cost $0.50 each, and she wants the number of lollipops to be at least three times the number of candy bars.

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Write a system of inequalities to model this situation.
Graph the system.
Can she buy 20 candy bars and 70 lollipops?
Can she buy 15 candy bars and 65 lollipops?
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(A) C + 0.5L <_ 50
L _> 3C
(B) No
(C) Yes
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