You have $44 to spend at the music store. Each cassette tape costs $10 and each CD costs $12. Write a linear inequality that represents this situation. Let x represent the number of tapes and y the number of CDs.
10x + 12y ≤ 44
10x + 12y ≥ 44
12x + 10y ≥ 44
12x + 10y ≤ 44
Let x represent the number of cassette tapes and y represent the number of CDs.
The cost of a cassette tape is $10, so the cost of x cassette tapes is 10x.
The cost of a CD is $12, so the cost of y CDs is 12y.
We want to spend no more than $44, so the total cost of all the items we buy must be less than or equal to $44.
Therefore, the linear inequality representing this situation is:
10x + 12y ≤ 44