Diana is assembling centerpieces that use candles. A small centerpiece uses 1 candle and a large centerpiece uses 5 candles. Diana is limited to using 84 candles, the number on hand.

Question

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

1x + 5y ≤ 84