A catering company is offered $650 to buy poultry for a party. The company can either buy turkey, which costs $1.40 a pound, or chicken, which costs $1.85 per pound. The client needs at least 400 pounds of meat. Which of the following systems correctly describe the possible amounts of chicken (c) and turkey (t) for this catering job?

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Kristin Tucker

Mathematics

26 April, 03:25

A catering company is offered $650 to buy poultry for a party. The company can either buy turkey, which costs $1.40 a pound, or chicken, which costs $1.85 per pound. The client needs at least 400 pounds of meat. Which of the following systems correctly describe the possible amounts of chicken (c) and turkey (t) for this catering job?

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Antony Jefferson · Answer 1

T=lb of turkey

c=lb of chicken

alrighty

400lb meat

c+t=400

total amount of money is 650

cost=amount times cost per u nit

cost for chicken is c times 1.85 or 1.85c

cost for turkey is t times 1.40 or 1.40t

so the equations are

c+t=400 and

1.85c+1.4t=650