SOLUTION: Tiffany has $500 to spend on a dinner. She can spend $25 per person on seafood entrees or she can spend $15 on beef entrees. a. What is the maximum number of beef entrees she ca

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Question 1195780: Tiffany has $500 to spend on a dinner. She can spend $25 per person on seafood entrees or she can spend $15 on beef entrees.
a. What is the maximum number of beef entrees she can buy?
b. What is the maximum number of seafood entrees she can buy?
c. Write an equation that models her options (assuming she spends all $500)
d. Graph the possible combinations of entrees she can buy for $500.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x seafood
y beef
x and y can only be whole numbers.

25x%2B15y%3C=500

or
5x%2B3y%3C=100