Kendra is making a large salad for a party. She buys lettuce for $2.25 per pound and tomatoes for $2.65 per pound. She spends at
least $8.
Let x represent the number of pounds of lettuce that Kendra buys. Let y represent the number of pounds of tomatoes that Kendra
buys.
Which inequality represents this situation?



Answer :

Answer:

(D)

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Kendra is making a large salad for a party. She buys lettuce for $2.25 per pound and tomatoes for $2.65 per pound. She spends at least $8.

x represent the number of pounds of lettuce that Kendra buys and y represent the number of pounds of tomatoes that Kendra buys.

We are to select the inequality that represents the situation.

We have

total amount of money that Kendra spends on lettuce is given by

and the total amount of money that she spends on tomatoes is

Therefore, the inequality can be written as

Thus, option (D) is CORRECT.