A supermarket employee is making a mixture of cashews and almonds. Cashews cost $7 per pound, and almonds cost $5 per pound. The employee wants to make less than 6 pounds of the mixture and wants the total cost of the nuts used in the mixture to be no more than $30. Let x represent the number of pounds of cashews. Let y represent the number of pounds of almonds. Select all inequalities that represent constraints for this situation. Question 1 options: 7x + 5y

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A supermarket employee is making a mixture of cashews and almonds. Cashews cost $7 per pound, and almonds cost $5 per pound. The employee wants to make less than 6 pounds of the mixture and wants the total cost of the nuts used in the mixture to be no more than $30.

Let x represent the number of pounds of cashews. Let y represent the number of pounds of almonds.

Select all inequalities that represent constraints for this situation.

Question 1 options:
	
7x + 5y < 6

	
7x + 5y ≤ 30

	
7x + 5y ≥ 30

	
x + y ≤ 30

	
x + y ≤ 6

	
x + y < 6

	
7x + 5y > 30

rzlearner · Answer

So first off why don't we start with process of elimination to get rid of the answers you know cant be the answer. Which options do you think those are?

triciaal · Answer

make less than 6 pounds of the mixture means do not include 6.
the total cost of the nuts used in the mixture to be no more than $30 means less than 30 and cost can be 30