Joy wants to buy strawberries and raspberries to bring to a party strawberries cost $1.60 per pound and raspberries cost $1.75 per pound. if she only has $10 to spend on berries which equality represents the situation where she buys x pounds of strawberries and y pounds of raspberries?

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Calvin Schmidt

Mathematics

1 March, 12:11

Joy wants to buy strawberries and raspberries to bring to a party strawberries cost $1.60 per pound and raspberries cost $1.75 per pound. if she only has $10 to spend on berries which equality represents the situation where she buys x pounds of strawberries and y pounds of raspberries?

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Elizabeth Wilkins · Answer 1

Answer: 1.60x + 1.75y is less than or equal to 10

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the strawberries cost $1.60 per pound, it would be x pounds times $1.60 for the total cost of strawberries. Since the raspberries cost $1.75 per pound, it would be y pounds times $1.75 for the total cost of the raspberries. The total cost of both, or 1.60x + 1.75y, must be equal to or less than 10 because she cannot spend over 10 dollars.