you have $12 to spend on fruit for a meeting. grapes cost $2 per pound and peaches cost $1 per pound. let x represent the number of pounds of grapes you can buy. let y represent the number of pounds of peaches you can buy. write an inequality to model the amounts of grapes and peaches you can buy.
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2x + 1x _<_ 12. because if 2$ per pound of grapes(x) and 1$ per pound of peaches (y) and these both can equal up to at most 12. the sign is less then or equal to. so a lesser than sign(<) with a line underneath.