Question

Dan bought x pounds of potatoes for $0.85 per pound and y pounds of grapes for $1.29 per pound. The total cost was less than $5. Which inequality represents his purchase? 1.29x + 0.85y < 5 1.29x + 0.85y > 5 0.85x + 1.29y > 5 0.85x + 1.29y < 5

Answer 1

0.85x + 1.29y < 5.....this is ur inequality

Answer 2

Hello!

To start, use your given information:
- the amount of grapes bought are unknown, but the cost per pound is $1.29
- the amount of potatoes bought are also unknown and the cost per pound is $0.85
- The total cost of potatoes and grapes was less than $5

Then, you can use the given information to define your variables with respect to the order the objects are listed in:
x represents the amount of potatoes
y represents the amount of grapes

Knowing this, you can take a look at all the answer choices.

The answers would definitely not be the second or third one as it states that the total cost is greater than 5 dollars.

The answer could be the first answer choice, however we have defined our variables with respect to how they were listed in the problem so it would not be the first answer.

Now that you have narrowed down the choices, your final answer would be
0.85x+1.29y<5 (the last answer)