Question

You are selecting meals for a school event and you are planning on at least 240 students at this event. The chicken meal will cost $5 and the beef meal will cost $8 per serving. Your total budget is $1200.00. Select a system of linear inequalities that shows the various numbers of Chicken and Beef meals you can prepare. Let x = number of chicken meals and let y = number of beef meals.

Answer 1

x + y ≥ 240

5x + 8y ≤ 1200

Explanation:

Assume;

Number of chicken meals = x

Number of Beef meals = y

Total budget = $1200

Find:

Inequality

Computation:

Number of chicken meals + Number of Beef meals ≥ Total students

x + y ≥ 240

Total cost = (Number of chicken meals)(Cost of chicken meal) + (Number of Beef meals)(Cost of beaf meal)

5x + 8y ≤ 1200