Monday, January 30, 2012

For all you math-word problem lovers, see if you can solve this.?

Sally wants to buy her boyfriend a bouquet for his birthday. She wants it to contain both carnations and roses. She has $27.70 to spend. Carnations cost $1.48 each and roses cost 2.39 each. What are the possible combinations of carnations and roses Sally can afford to buy,.

For all you math-word problem lovers, see if you can solve this.?
x- carnations, y-roses



x%26gt;0, y%26gt;0, 1.48x+2.39y%26lt;(or equal to)27.70 draw out the inequalities and the coordinates at the vertices are your answers


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