SOLUTION: How to solve? You need to buy 24 flowers for a dinner party. Roses cost $3.00 per stem and Tulips ost $5.00 per stem. You want to spend between $40 and $60, inclusive. Write a

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Question 155791: How to solve? You need to buy 24 flowers for a dinner party. Roses cost $3.00 per stem and Tulips ost $5.00 per stem. You want to spend between $40 and $60, inclusive. Write a compound inequality to model this.

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need to buy 24 flowers for a dinner party. Roses cost $3.00 per stem and Tulips ost $5.00 per stem. You want to spend between $40 and $60, inclusive. Write a compound inequality to model this.
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40 <= 3r+5t <= 60
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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