The non-profit organization you volunteer for is throwing a fundraiser cook out. You are in charge of buying the hamburgers, which cost $3 per pound and hotdogs, which cost $2 per pound. The meat budget you are given totals $600. The inequality 3x + 2y 600 represents the possible combinations of pounds of hamburgers (x) and hotdogs (y) you can buy.

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The non-profit organization you volunteer for is throwing a fundraiser cook out. You are in charge of buying the hamburgers, which cost $3 per pound and hotdogs, which cost $2 per pound. The meat budget you are given totals $600. The inequality 3x + 2y  600 represents the possible combinations of pounds of hamburgers (x) and hotdogs (y) you can buy.

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Which of the following represents a solution to the inequality?

 200 pounds of hamburgers and 140 pounds of hotdogs

 150 pounds of hamburgers and 60 pounds of hotdogs

 100 pounds of hamburgers and 240 pounds of hotdogs

 240 pounds of hamburgers and 40 pounds of hotdogs