The manager of a plant nursery bought 120 lb of soil to use for potting plants. The manager can put 5 lb into each of the small pots and 12 lb into each of the large pots. The manager made a sketch to show the line representing the different combinations of pots that can be used. The x-axis represented the number of small pots and the y-axis represented the number of large pots. The manager labeled only the intercepts.

Which points did the manager label?
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Question

The manager of a plant nursery bought 120 lb of soil to use for potting plants. The manager can put 5 lb into each of the small pots and 12 lb into each of the large pots. The manager made a sketch to show the line representing the different combinations of pots that can be used. The x-axis represented the number of small pots and the y-axis represented the number of large pots. The manager labeled only the intercepts.

Which points did the manager label?
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studygurl14 · Answer

First set up an equation representing the information. Then plug in the points in the answer choices to see which ones fit

studygurl14 · Answer

"120 lb of soil" = 120
"5lb small pots" 5x
"12lb large pots" 12y
5x + 12y = 120

jamaljunior · Answer

where do i go from there?

jamaljunior · Answer

can sum1 else help @studygurl is offline