Question

John is at a local bait shop; he wants to buy bait for his fishing trip. At the store, they are selling live bait for $12 a pound and natural bait for $7 a pound. John would like to get at least 3 pounds of live bait, but he only has a budget of $63. Let be the amount of live bait and be the amount of natural bait.

Answer 1

you can get 3 pounds of each bait and have 1 dollar left

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

x= live bait and y= natural bait

12x+7y=63

x>3

x can be anywhere between 3 and 5.

when x=3, y=3

when x=4, y=2

when x=5, y=0