Jace is buying cookies and brownies for a party. He needs at least 8 cookies and at least 4 brownies. A cookie costs $3 and a brownie costs $5. The most he can spend is $60.

A. Create a system of linear inequalities in two variables from the description. Define your variables.

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To create a system of linear inequalities from the given description, let's first define our variables:

  • Let \( x \) represent the number of cookies Jace buys.
  • Let \( y \) represent the number of brownies Jace buys.

Now, we can formulate the inequalities based on the requirements and constraints:

  1. Jace needs at least 8 cookies: \[ x \geq 8 \]

  2. Jace needs at least 4 brownies: \[ y \geq 4 \]

  3. The total cost of cookies and brownies cannot exceed $60. The cost can be represented as: \[ 3x + 5y \leq 60 \]

Now, we can summarize the system of linear inequalities:

  1. \( x \geq 8 \)
  2. \( y \geq 4 \)
  3. \( 3x + 5y \leq 60 \)

This is the system of inequalities that represents Jace's situation regarding the cookies and brownies.