Question

Item 14 Question 1 You have at most $60 to spend on trophies and medals to give as prizes for a contest. A drawing of a trophy and some medals are shown. The trophy is labeled 12 dollars each and the medals are labeled 3 dollars each. a. Write an inequality that represents the numbers of trophies x and medals y you can buy. The inequality is:

Answer 1

`12x+3y\leq 60`

Explanation:

Let

x ----> the numbers of trophies you can buy

y ----> the numbers of medals you can buy

we know that

The term "at most" means "less than or equal to"

so

The number of trophies multiplied by $12 plus the number of medals multiplied by $3 must be less than or equal to $60

The inequality that represent this situation is

`12x+3y\leq 60`