SOLUTION: Cherries cost $2/lb. Grapes cost $1.50/lb. You can spend no more than $9 on fruit, and you need at least 5 lbs in all. Create a graph showing how much fruit you can buy.

Question 1066668: Cherries cost $2/lb. Grapes cost $1.50/lb. You can spend no more than $9 on fruit, and you need at least 5 lbs in all. Create a graph showing how much fruit you can buy.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x pounds cherries
y pounds grapes

This shows just the reference lines, not the actual graphed inequalities:

The narrow upper triangle to the left is the solution region. This is the triangle with the vertices (3,2), (0,5), (0,6).
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