SOLUTION: you are going to the fair and have $16 dollars to spend on rides and games. rides tickets cost 4 dollars and game tickets cst 2 dollars. The equation 4x+2y=16 models the the situat

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Question 1150129: you are going to the fair and have $16 dollars to spend on rides and games. rides tickets cost 4 dollars and game tickets cst 2 dollars. The equation 4x+2y=16 models the the situation where x is the number of ride tickets and y is the number of games tickets
A) GRAPH THE EQUATION


B. INTERPRET THE X- AND Y- INTERCEPT, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEM.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+4x+%2B+2y+=+16+
+2y+=+-4x+%2B+16+
Here is the plot:
+graph%28+600%2C+400%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+30%2C+-4x+%2B+16+%29+
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The x-intercept is where +y=0+, or no game tickets are bought
The y-intercept is where +x=0+, or no ride tickets are bought