A supermarket employee is making a mixture of cashews and almonds. Cashews cost $7 per pound, and almonds cost $5 per pound. The employee wants to make less than 6 pounds of the mixture and wants the total cost of the nuts used in the mixture to be no more than $30.

Let x represent the number of pounds of cashews. Let y represent the number of pounds of almonds.

Which inequalities are among the constraints for this situation?

 

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x+y<6 the weight of the mixture is less than 6 pounds.

7x+5y<=30 the cost of the mixture is no more than $30.
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