SOLUTION: I could use some help with a linear inequality. The question is a word problem and it says- Leo held a garage sale. He priced all the items at a dime or a quarter. His sales to

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Question 230525: I could use some help with a linear inequality. The question is a word problem and it says-
Leo held a garage sale. He priced all the items at a dime or a quarter. His sales totaled less than $5.00. Write a linear inequality that describes the situation and then graph it.
I have 10x + 25y > 5
I think I am missing something. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Found 2 solutions by scott8148, rapaljer:
Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you're doing fine, EXCEPT, when you ignore the dime and quarter decimals, the 5 needs to be 500

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you use CENTS, like 10 and 25 for the value of the coins, then you have to use CENTS for the total value. That would be 500, where you have used 5 dollars. Does that make CENTS to you???

Also, the total value is LESS THAN 500, not GREATER THAN as you have.

10x+25y<500

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
Seminole State College of Florida
Altamonte Springs Campus