Reyna wants to mail a birthday package to her cousin. The post office told her it would take $5.70 in postage to send the packag

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Reyna wants to mail a birthday package to her cousin. The post office told her it would take $5.70 in postage to send the packag

e. Reyna has 3 75-cent stamps and 20 45-cent stamps. Which of the following systems of inequalities correctly represents the constraints on the variables in this problem? Let x represent the 75-cent stamps and y represent the 45-cent stamps.

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ololo11 [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-16T17:03:03+03:00

ololo11 [35]3 years ago

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X = # 0.75 stamps y = # 0.45 stamps total postage = $5.70

Alexeev081 [22] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-16T18:43:43+03:00

Alexeev081 [22]3 years ago

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Answer:

The inequality representing the situation is $0.75x+0.45y\geq 5.70$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the 75-cent stamps.

Let y represent the 45-cent stamps.

The inequality representing the number of stamps Reyna can use to mail the package is $0.75x+0.45y\geq 5.70$