Sarah will buy bracelets and necklaces in order to sell them in her schools fund raising activity. The bracelets cost $2 and the necklaces cost $3. She does not want to spend more than $300. Total number of bracelets and necklaces Sarah needs to buy is at least 120. a. Write a system of inequalities. b. Graph the system of inequalities and shade the solution set. c. At least how many necklaces does Sarah need to buy? Explain your answer.

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Jaden Cohen

31 December, 21:55

Sarah will buy bracelets and necklaces in order to sell them in her schools fund raising activity. The bracelets cost $2 and the necklaces cost $3. She does not want to spend more than $300. Total number of bracelets and necklaces Sarah needs to buy is at least 120. a. Write a system of inequalities. b. Graph the system of inequalities and shade the solution set. c. At least how many necklaces does Sarah need to buy? Explain your answer.

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Blake Downs · Answer 1

The answer will be:

b ≥ 10

Step-by-step explanation:

The bracelets cost $2 and the earrings cost $3.

She needs to make at least $60.

She will need to sell more than 10 bracelets.

b = bracelets

e = earrings

2b+3e ≥ 60