SOLUTION: ou have $45 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $5 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of

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Question 927151: ou have $45 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $5 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 samdom4peace(3) About Me  (Show Source):
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You have up to $45 to spend. ("up to" or "at most" should be the correct wording since you are talking about Inequality.)

5x + 12y <= 45
<= means less than or equal to