SOLUTION: Jim is catering a large party. To make one apple pie, he needs 2 pounds of apples. to make peach pie, he needs3 pounds of peaches. There are about 42 pounds of apples in one bushel

Question 390282: Jim is catering a large party. To make one apple pie, he needs 2 pounds of apples. to make peach pie, he needs3 pounds of peaches. There are about 42 pounds of apples in one bushel of apples and 48 pounds of peaches in one bushel of peaches.
a)Write an inequality to represent the possible numbers of pies jim can make from one bushel of apples.
b)Wite an inequality to represent the possible numbers of pies Jim can make from one bushel of peaches.
c) Jim needs to have at least 240 servings of apple pie and 180 servings of peach pie. If one pie contains 6 servings, how many of each type of pie should he make?
d)How many bushels of each type of fruit should Jim buy in order to have enough fruit? Will he have leftovers? Explain
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of apple pies to make

(a)
pies
Let = number of peach pies to make

(b)
pies
(c)
servings/(servings/pie) = 40 apple pies
servings/(servings/pie) = 30 peach pies
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