document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=708675>Question 708675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At your grocery store, milk usually cost $3.60 per gallon. Ground beef cost $3 per pound. Today there are specials: milk is discounted $.50 per gallon, and ground beef is 20% off. Y you want to spend no more than $20. Write and graph a linear inequality to show how many gallons of milk and how many pounds of ground beef you can buy today.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Appreciate the help a lot :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #436192 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=436192\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x and y, milk and beef quantities, in that order.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Prices today according to the discount: $3.10/gallon milk, 0.8(3)=$2.4/pound beef.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As a reminder, the units of milk is gallons and for beef is pounds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Want to spend no more than $20 for this day.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "More comfortable in slope-intercept form, but as long as that there is in standard, you can quickly find x and y intercepts.  anyway,...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4y<=-3.1x+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y<=-(3.1/2.4)x+20/2.4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, not if y=0, then x=6.45 \"gallons\" of milk.  No buying more than 6 gallons & 1 quart of milk today, for practical purposes.  Things change a bit if you are allowed to buy pints.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As example using this graph, you could buy 6 gallons of milk or less, and half a pound of beef or less, and that should cost less than or up to $20.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The region between the axes and the line are valid for \"todays\" discount prices. </SPAN>\n" );
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