Sara is serving wings and burgers at her party. Wings cost $6.00 per serving and burgers are $3.00 each. Sara knows that at least 4 of her friends want wings. Sara must spend less than $45.00. If x represents the number of wing servings and y represents the number of burgers, which system of inequalities could be used to determine how many of each kind of food Sara can serve?

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Kamari Fuller

24 September, 11:39

Sara is serving wings and burgers at her party. Wings cost $6.00 per serving and burgers are $3.00 each. Sara knows that at least 4 of her friends want wings. Sara must spend less than $45.00. If x represents the number of wing servings and y represents the number of burgers, which system of inequalities could be used to determine how many of each kind of food Sara can serve?

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Janelle Miles · Answer 1

For this case we have the following variables:

x = the number of wing servings

y = the number of burgers

We write the system of equations:

"Sara knows that at least 4 of her friends want wings":

x> = 4

"Sara must spend less than $ 45.00":

6x + 3y <45

Answer:

Sara could use the following system of inequalities to determine how many of each kind of food She can serve:

6x + 3y <45x> = 4