SOLUTION: A pen is $1.25 and a pencil is $0.25. They would like to sell at least 50 pens and 100 pencils per week, with a goal of earning at least $115 per week. A)Define the variables and

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Question 1021056: A pen is $1.25 and a pencil is $0.25. They would like to sell at least 50 pens and 100 pencils per week, with a goal of earning at least $115 per week.
A)Define the variables and write a system of inequalities to represent the situation.
Please and thank you!
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A pen is $1.25 and a pencil is $0.25. They would like to sell at least 50 pens and 100 pencils per week, with a goal of earning at least $115 per week.
A)Define the variables and write a system of inequalities to represent the situation.
Please and thank you!
Let number of pens and pencils to be sold, be P, and L, respectively

Inequalities representing the situation: