A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs $2 per pound and seeds cost $20 per pound.

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A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs $2 per pound and seeds cost $20 per pound.

To summarize the situation, the farmer writes the inequality: 2f + 20s ≤ 4,000, where f is the number of pounds of fertilizer and s is the number of pounds of seeds. Which graph's shaded region shows the possible combinations of fertilizer and seeds the farmer can buy?

Mathematics

2 answers:

lilavasa [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-13T20:50:49+03:00

Answer:

The graph in the attached figure

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

f -----> the number of pounds of fertilizer

s ----> the number of pounds of seeds

we know that

The inequality that represent the situation is

$2f+20s\leq 4,000$

using a graphing tool

see the attached figure

The solution is the triangular shaded area

Dmitriy789 [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-13T22:37:26+03:00

Dmitriy789 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

it is the 2nd graph

Step-by-step explanation: