SOLUTION: You have $44 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $10 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number

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Question 877537: You have $44 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $10 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of tapes and y the number of CDs.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = # of tapes
y = # of CDs


Buying x tapes at $10 a tape, costs 10x dollars
Buying y CDs at $12 a CD, costs 10y dollars
Total cost: 10x+12y dollars

You have $44 to spend, so this is the most you can spend. This is the upper limit or ceiling.

That means

Total_Cost+%3C=+44

10x%2B12y+%3C=+44

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So the inequality is 10x%2B12y+%3C=+44