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Victoria is ordering ostrich and peacock eggs from an online store. Each ostrich egg costs $40 and weighs 3...

Victoria is ordering ostrich and peacock eggs from an online store. Each ostrich egg costs $40 and weighs 3 pounds. Each peacock egg costs $35 and weighs 0.2 pounds. Victoria is willing to spend up to $200 and order up to 8 pounds of eggs.
Choose the system of inequalities that describes how many ostrich eggs, x, and peacock eggs, y, Victoria can buy while sticking within her constraints.
Top-left option:
40x + 35y ≤ 200
3x + 0.2y ≥ 8
Top-right option:
3x + 0.2y ≤ 200
40x + 35y ≥ 8
Bottom-left option:
40x + 35y ≤ 200
3x + 0.2y ≤ 8
Bottom-right option:
3x + 0.2y ≤ 200
40x + 35y ≤ 8

Answer

Choose the bottom-left option:

40x + 35y ≤ 200
3x + 0.2y ≤ 8

The first inequality limits the total cost to $200; the second limits the total weight to 8 pounds. Also, x and y must be nonnegative whole numbers.

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