Question

cherries cost ​$2​/lb. Grapes cost ​$0.50​/lb. You can spend no more than ​$2 on​ fruit, and you need at least 2 lb in all. Create a graph showing the amount of each fruit you can buy.

Answer 1

Let g be the pounds of grapes and c be the pounds of cherries.

The graph will contain two inequalities:

One for weight:
c + g ≥ 2

and

One for cost:
2c + 0.5g ≤ 2