SOLUTION: Clark is having a party at his house. His father has allowed him to spend at most 20 dollars on snack food. He'd like to buy chips for 4 dollars a bag and pretzels that cost 2 doll

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Question 179823: Clark is having a party at his house. His father has allowed him to spend at most 20 dollars on snack food. He'd like to buy chips for 4 dollars a bag and pretzels that cost 2 dollars per bag.
write an inequality to describe the situation.

give two possible combinations of bags of chips and pretzels that Clark can buy.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x and y be the number of chip and pretzel bags respectively
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4x%2B2y%3C=20
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if x=1 then 4%281%29%2B2y%3C=20--->{{2y<=16}}}--->y%3C=8
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if x=3 then 4%283%29%2B2y%3C=20--->{{2y<=8}}}--->y%3C=4
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so chips 1 and pretzels 8
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chips 3 and pretzels 4