Aaron is purchasing party hats and fake mustaches for an end of the school year party. He can spend at most $30. Fake mustaches cost $3 each, and party hats cost $2 each. If he must purchase a combination of at least 15 mustaches and party hats, which of the following systems of inequalities best models the relationship between the number of mustaches, m, and party hats, p, described?Choose 1 answer:(A) {m+p≥153m+2p≤30(B) {m+p≤153m+2p≥30(C) {3m+2p≥15m+p≤30(D) {3m+2p≤15m+p≥30
Q. Aaron is purchasing party hats and fake mustaches for an end of the school year party. He can spend at most $30. Fake mustaches cost $3 each, and party hats cost $2 each. If he must purchase a combination of at least 15 mustaches and party hats, which of the following systems of inequalities best models the relationship between the number of mustaches, m, and party hats, p, described?Choose 1 answer:(A) {m+p≥153m+2p≤30(B) {m+p≤153m+2p≥30(C) {3m+2p≥15m+p≤30(D) {3m+2p≤15m+p≥30
Cost Constraint: Aaron can spend at most $30 on fake mustaches and party hats. The cost of one fake mustache is $3, and the cost of one party hat is $2. We can represent the total cost of mustaches as 3m, where m is the number of mustaches, and the total cost of party hats as 2p, where p is the number of party hats. The total cost must not exceed $30, so the inequality representing the cost constraint is 3m+2p≤30.
Quantity Constraint: Aaron must purchase at least 15 items in total, which can be a combination of mustaches and party hats. This means the sum of the number of mustaches and party hats must be greater than or equal to 15. The inequality representing this constraint is m+p≥15.
Combining Inequalities: Now we need to combine the two inequalities to form a system that represents both constraints. The system of inequalities that includes both the cost constraint and the quantity constraint is: {[m+p≥15],[3m+2p≤30]}
Matching Option: Looking at the given choices, we can see that option (A) matches the system of inequalities we have derived:(A) \{[m + p \geq \(15], [3m + 2p \leq 30]\}
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