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<u>Missing part of the question</u>
Hayley bakes zucchini bread and banana bread. Some ingredients Hayley uses for each type of bread are shown in the tables
Zucchini Bread
2 eggs 2 cups of flour 1.5 cups of sugar 0.5 stick of butter
Banana Bread
1 egg 3 cups of flour 2 cups of sugar 0.25 stick of butter
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Since there are enough of other ingredients, we will only consider the amount of eggs and cups of flour.
So, we have:
Zucchini Bread
Banana Bread
<u>For the eggs</u>
The ratio of eggs to use in the Zucchini bread to Banana bread is:
(z) :
(b)
This gives:
The total number of eggs cannot exceed 9.
So, the inequality is:
<u>For the flours</u>
The ratio of flours to use in the Zucchini bread to Banana bread is:
(z) :
(b)
This gives:
The total cups of flours cannot exceed 15.
So, the inequality is:
Hence:
The system of inequalities is: