SOLUTION: Jonas is buying a three-day supply of camping snacks. An energy bar costs $`1.50, and a bag of dried mangoes costs $3.00. Jonas plants to have 7 snacks per day and can spend up to

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Question 1141452: Jonas is buying a three-day supply of camping snacks. An energy bar costs $`1.50, and a bag of dried mangoes costs $3.00. Jonas plants to have 7 snacks per day and can spend up to $45.00.
If p is the number of energy bars he can buy, and m is the number of bags of mangoes he can buy, which system of equations and inequalities can be used to represent the possible number of each snack he can buy>
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(1) 7 snacks per day for 3 days = 21 snacks: p+m = 21

(NOTE: If he wants to have AT LEAST 7 snacks per day for 3 days, then p+m >= 21)

(2) He can spend up to $45: 1.50p+3m <= 45