Question

A catering company is offered $650 to buy poultry for a party. The company can either buy turkey, which costs $1.40 a pound, or chicken, which costs $1.85 per pound. The client needs at least 400 pounds of meat. Which of the following systems correctly describe the possible amounts of chicken (c) and turkey (t) for this catering job?

Answer 1

T=lb of turkey
c=lb of chicken


alrighty

400lb meat
c+t=400
total amount of money is 650
cost=amount times cost per u nit
cost for chicken is c times 1.85 or 1.85c
cost for turkey is t times 1.40 or 1.40t

so the equations are
c+t=400 and
1.85c+1.4t=650