Use Inequalities to Describe Limitations in a Situation
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Use Inequalities to Describe Limitations in a Situation
-Mrs. White wants to crochet hats and afghans for a church fundraising bazaar. She needs 7 hours to make a hat and 4 hours to make an afghan, and she has no more than 70 hours available. She has material for no more than 13 items, and she wants to make at least two afghans. Let $x =$ the number of hats she makes and $\mathrm { y } =$ the number of afghans she makes. Write a system of inequalities that describes these constraints.

• A) \(7 x + 4 y \leq 70\)
• \(x + y \leq 13\)
• \(y \geq 2\)
• B) \(7 x + 4 y \leq 70\)
• \(x + y \leq 13\)
• \(x \geq 2\)
• C) \(4 x + 7 y \leq 70\)
• \(x + y \leq 13\)
• \(x \leq 2\)
• D) \(7 x + 4 y \geq 70\)
• \(x + y \leq 13\)
• \(y \geq 2\)

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