Question

Aisha is assembling centerpieces that use candles. A small centerpiece uses 2 candles and a large centerpiece uses 5 candles. Aisha is limited to using 80 candles, the number on hand.
Select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables.
x = the number of small centerpieces
y = the number of large centerpieces

Answer 1

2x + 5y ≤ 80

(Here x and y are nonnegative: x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0.)