Cherries cost $2 /lb. Grapes cost $0.50 /lb. You can spend no more than $2 on fruit, and you need at least 2 lb in all. Create a graph showing the amount of each fruit you can buy.

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12 February, 08:29

Cherries cost $2 /lb. Grapes cost $0.50 /lb. You can spend no more than $2 on fruit, and you need at least 2 lb in all. Create a graph showing the amount of each fruit you can buy.

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Beatrice Mueller · Answer 1

Let g be the pounds of grapes and c be the pounds of cherries.

The graph will contain two inequalities:

One for weight:

c + g ≥ 2

and

One for cost:

2c + 0.5g ≤ 2