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Jessica is stacking items on a shelf she has large books that weigh 5 pounds each and medium books that weigh 3 pounds each. The shelf should hold at most 50 pounds.

Let x represent the number of large books.
Let y represent the number of medium books.

Which inequality represents the situation?

a.) 5x + 3y < 50 b.) 5x +3y ≤ 50 c.) 5x + 3y ≥ 50 d.) 5x + 3y > 50

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Answer:

b) 5x +3y ≤ 50

Explanation:

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