Julie is going to a store to buy vases to use as centerpieces at her party. Small vases cost $2 and large vases cost $4. She needs to buy a minimum of 15 vases, and can spend a maximum of $50.

Which system of linear inequalities represents this situation? Let s represent the number of small vases and l represent the number of large vases.

A

s + l ≥ 15

2s + 4l ≤ 50

B

s + l ≤ 15

2s + 4l ≥ 50

C

s + l ≥ 50

2s + 4l ≤ 15

D

s + l ≥ 15

2s + 4l ≥ 50

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Jax Farmer

Mathematics

18 April, 15:14

Julie is going to a store to buy vases to use as centerpieces at her party. Small vases cost $2 and large vases cost $4. She needs to buy a minimum of 15 vases, and can spend a maximum of $50.

Which system of linear inequalities represents this situation? Let s represent the number of small vases and l represent the number of large vases.

A

s + l ≥ 15

2s + 4l ≤ 50

B

s + l ≤ 15

2s + 4l ≥ 50

C

s + l ≥ 50

2s + 4l ≤ 15

D

s + l ≥ 15

2s + 4l ≥ 50

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Nikita · Answer 1

Short answer: A

D: the second equation is wrong. She wants to be under 50

C: The system is confusing money with the number of vases

B: The answer is wrong. She wants to spend under or equal to 50 not over.