Question

Pedro owns a shrimp truck near the beach. He sells garlic shrimp for $8 a plate and spicy shrimp for $6 a plate. Each day Pedro stocks enough shrimp to sell at most 120 plates total, but he would like to earn at least $800. Which combination of garlic shrimp plates and spicy shrimp plates can Pedro sell to meet his goal?

Answer 1

Answer:

garlic shrimp 40 plates

spicy shrimp 80 plates

Step-by-step explanation:

let x plates of garlic be sold

let y plates of spicy shrimp be sold

given 8x +6y=800

x+y=120

on solving

x=40

y=80