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The community garden has $125 to purchase new plants that cost $15.99 each and bags of soil that cost $12.54 each, where x is the number of purchased plants and y is the number of purchased bags of soil. Which inequality represents this situation?

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15.99x + 12.54y < = 125 ...(thats less then or equal)
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Answer:

[tex]15.99x+12.54y\leq 125[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x------> the number of purchased plants

y------> the number of purchased bags of soil

we know that

The inequality that represent the situation is equal to

[tex]15.99x+12.54y\leq 125[/tex]

The solution is the triangular shaded area

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