Tura has $60 to spend on new art supplies. Each marker costs $2 and each pencil costs $0.75. Tura wants to buy at least 2 times more pencils than markers. Write the system of inequalities that models the situation. Let x represent the number of markers she can buy, and let y represent the number of pencils she can buy.(1 point)

Responses

2x+0.75y≤60
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60
and x≥2y
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2 x plus 0.75 y less-than-or-equal-to 60 and x greater-than-or-equal-to 2 y

2x+0.75y≥60
2
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+
0.75
𝑦

60
and y≥2x
𝑦

2
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2 x plus 0.75 y greater-than-or-equal-to 60 and y greater-than-or-equal-to 2 x

2x+0.75y≤60
2
𝑥
+
0.75
𝑦

60
and y≥2x
𝑦

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2 x plus 0.75 y less-than-or-equal-to 60 and y greater-than-or-equal-to 2 x

x+y≤60
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60
and x≥2y

1 answer

To model Tura's situation using inequalities, we have the following variables:

  • Let \( x \) represent the number of markers.
  • Let \( y \) represent the number of pencils.

From the given information, we can establish the following inequalities:

  1. Total cost constraint: Since each marker costs $2 and each pencil costs $0.75, and Tura has $60 to spend, we write the inequality for the total spending: \[ 2x + 0.75y \leq 60 \]

  2. Pencil-to-marker ratio: Tura wants to buy at least 2 times more pencils than markers, which can be written as: \[ y \geq 2x \]

  3. Non-negativity constraints: Since Tura cannot buy a negative number of markers or pencils, we need to add: \[ x \geq 0 \] \[ y \geq 0 \]

Combining these inequalities, the complete system of inequalities modeling the situation is:

  1. \( 2x + 0.75y \leq 60 \)
  2. \( y \geq 2x \)
  3. \( x \geq 0 \)
  4. \( y \geq 0 \)

From the provided options, the correct response representing this scenario is:

2x + 0.75y ≤ 60 and y ≥ 2x