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#11990

inequalities

money

word problem

easy

85 sec

A shopper is buying $a$ apples and $b$ bananas. The shopper wants to buy at least 15 pieces of fruit in total. If apples cost $0.50 e a c han d banana scos t$ 0.30 each, and the shopper does not want to spend more than $10$ , which system of inequalities models this situation?

A.

$a + b \geq 15$
$0.50 a + 0.30 b \leq 10$

B.

$a + b \leq 15$
$0.50 a + 0.30 b \geq 10$

C.

$a + b \geq 15$
$0.50 a + 0.30 b \geq 10$

D.

$0.50 a + 0.30 b \geq 15$
$a + b \leq 10$