Tom's parents allow him to spend at most $5 on colored pencils. A box containing 6 colored pencils costs $0.50, and one with 12 pencils costs $1.00. Identify the inequality and the graph that describe the situation.

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Answer:

0.5x + y ≤ 5  would be the  the inequality and the graph is shown in attached figure.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Tom's parents allow him to spend at most $5.                                          AT MOST means ≤ 5
  • Let a box containing 6 colored pencils costs $0.50 be denoted by x. So, the expression for this portion would be 0.5x.
  • Let one with 12 pencils costs $1.00 be denoted by y. So, the expression for this portion would be y.

The overall inequality for this problem would become:

                                      0.5x + y ≤ 5

The corresponding inequality can be solved as:

0.5x + y ≤ 5

0.5x ≤ −y + 5

Divide both sides by 0.5.

x ≤ −2y + 10

The graph that describes the situation is attached in figure. Please check the attached figure.

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