SOLUTION: Cherries cost $4/lb. Grapes cost $1.50/lb. You can spend no more than 6$ on fruit, and you need at least 2lb in all. Create a graph showing the amount of each fru
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Question 1199072: Cherries cost $4/lb. Grapes cost $1.50/lb. You can spend no more than 6$ on fruit, and you need at least 2lb in all. Create a graph showing the amount of each fruit you can buy.
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let c = the number of lbs of cherries
Let g = the number of lbs of grapes
The two constraints are:
c + g >= 2 [At least two lbs of fruit]
4c + 1.5g <= 6 [$4 per lb of cherries, $1.50 per lb of grapes]
The dark shaded region of the graph shows the amount of each based
on the two constraints:
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