A grocery bag contains x apples, each weighing of a pound, and y pounds of grapes. The total weight of the grocery bag is less than 5 pounds. Which graph represents the possible numbers of apples and pounds of grapes that can be in the bag?
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A:
First let's write out the inequality before choosing a graph.
x apples each weighing 1/3 of a pound: 1/3x
y pounds of grapes: y
So...
1/3x + y < 5
The maximum weight is 4 pounds since the total weight of both the grapes and apples are less than 5.
In the y-axis, the first, third, and fourth graphs already exceed the capacity of 5 pounds.
So, by process of elimination, the correct graph for this problem is the second one.