Cindy has $20 to spend at the store. She buys a pack of colored pencils that cost $4 and jelly beans that cost $2 per pound. If she spends more than $8 at the store, graph a compound inequality that shows the possible number of pounds of jelly beans she could have purchased.

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Cailyn Green

21 July, 06:03

Cindy has $20 to spend at the store. She buys a pack of colored pencils that cost $4 and jelly beans that cost $2 per pound. If she spends more than $8 at the store, graph a compound inequality that shows the possible number of pounds of jelly beans she could have purchased.

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Tyrone Meadows · Answer 1

Given that Cindy has $20 to spend at the store. She buys a pack of colored pencils that cost $4 and jelly beans that cost $2 per pound. If she spends more than $8 at the store

let y be the pound of jelly beans x be the money she spend on jelly beans

x + 4 > = 8y > = 2x