Question 65672
 Linda can buy blueberry bushes from a supplier for $2.50 each and young peach trees for $5.50 each. She wants to know what combination she should buy and keep her outlay to $500 or less. Write an inequality and draw a graph to depict what combination of blueberry bushes and peach trees she can buy for the amount of money she has. Explain the graph and her options.
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Let number of blueberry bushes be "b": Value of these is 2.50b dollars
Let number of peach trees be "p": Value of these is 5.50p dollars
INEQUALITY:
value + value<=500 dollars
2.5b+5.5p<=500
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Solve for p so you can graph it:
p=(-2.5/5.5)b+(500/5.5)
{{{graph(600,400,-10,220,-10,120,(-2.5/5.5)x+(500/5.5))}}}
Cheers,
Stan H.