Question

Gary has been given the task of purchasing chips and pretzels for a big backyard picnic. He's been given $30 to spend on the snacks. When he gets to the store, he finds that each bag of chips, x, costs about $2 and each bag of pretzels, y, costs about $3.

a) Write a linear inequality that can be used to find the possible combinations of the number of bags of chips and the number of bags of pretzels that Gary can buy within his budget.

b) Use whatever method you wish to find 3 possible combinations of bags of chips and pretzels that will cost exactly $30. Even if graphing is not your so

Answer 1

\[2x + 3y \le 30\]

Answer 2

what about B?