SOLUTION: You have $44 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $10 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number

Question 877537: You have $44 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $10 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of tapes and y the number of CDs.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = # of tapes
y = # of CDs

Buying x tapes at $10 a tape, costs 10x dollars
Buying y CDs at $12 a CD, costs 10y dollars
Total cost: 10x+12y dollars

You have $44 to spend, so this is the most you can spend. This is the upper limit or ceiling.

That means

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So the inequality is
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