Question

Jacob is planting flowers in his yard. He goes to a nursery to purchase flowers, and he decides to purchase petunias and sunflowers. Each petunia plant costs $2.99 with tax, and each sunflower plant costs $2.79 with tax. Jacob has $43.85 to purchase the flowers. If he buys 10 petunia plants, which inequality can be used to find s, the number of sunflower plants that Jacob can purchase?

A.
10($2.99) + $2.79s < $43.85

B.
10($2.99) + $2.79s > $43.85

C.
10($2.99 + $2.79s) > $43.85

D.
10($2.99 + $2.79s) < $43.85

Answer 1

A.

10($2.99) + $2.79s < $43.85

Explanation:

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