Question

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At a candy store a bag holds up to 1 pound of candy. Each jawbreaker (x) weighs 0.25 pounds and each gumball (y) weighs 0.1 pounds. Which inequality shows the solution for all combinations of the two candies that will fit in the 1-pound bag?

Answer 1

well, you can have 4 jawbreakers in a bag, or 10 gumballs in a bag, or some mixture of the two.

so:

1 <= j/4 + g/4

where j are the amount of jawbreakers and g are the amount of gumballs

Answer 2

in other words, you can fit up to 1 pound of candy. so the amount of candy you can fit has to be less than or equal to the weight of the jawbreakers + gumballs

you know you can fit 10 gumballs or 4 jawbreakers. so j/4 means the weight of all jawbreakers, and g/10 means the weight of all gumballs, and j/4 + g/10 must be less than or equal to the total weight, which is 1 pound.

Answer 3

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