document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=89331>Question 89331</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 and inequality and draw a graph to depict what combinations 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 #64909 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=64909\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 and inequality and draw a graph to depict what combinations 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 # of blueberry be \"b\"; Let number of peach be \"p\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value of blueberry trees is 2.5b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value of peach trees is 5.5p<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "INEQUALITY:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5b + 5.5p <= 500<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for b to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b <= -(5.5/2.5)p + 500/2.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The vertical axis is a count of # of blueberry bushes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The horizontal axis is a count of # of peach trees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Points on the line give # of peach and # of blue (p,b) trees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she can buy for $500. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Points below the line in the 1st quadrant give p,b combinations where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she would be spending less than $500.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. <BR>\n" );
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