document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65672>Question 65672</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Business and finance. Linda Williams has just begun a nursery business and seeks your advice. She has limited funds to spend and wants to stock two kinds of fruit-bearing plants. She lives in the northeastern part of Texas and thinks that blueberry bushes and peach trees would sell well there. Linda can buy blueberry bushes from a supplier for $2.50 each and young peach trees for $5.50 each. She wants to know what combination she should buy and keep her outlay to $500 or less. Write an inequality and draw a graph to depict what combination of blueberry bushes and peach trees she can buy for the amount of money she has. Explain the graph and her options. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #46528 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=46528\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Linda can buy blueberry bushes from a supplier for $2.50 each and young peach trees for $5.50 each. She wants to know what combination she should buy and keep her outlay to $500 or less. Write an inequality and draw a graph to depict what combination of blueberry bushes and peach trees she can buy for the amount of money she has. Explain the graph and her options.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of blueberry bushes be \"b\": Value of these is 2.50b dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let number of peach trees be \"p\": Value of these is 5.50p dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "INEQUALITY:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value + value<=500 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5b+5.5p<=500<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for p so you can graph it:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=(-2.5/5.5)b+(500/5.5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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