The community garden has a $125 to purchase new plants that cost $15.99 each and bags of soil that cost $12.50 each where x is the number of purchase plants and y is the number of purchased bags of soil. write an inequality that represents the situation

The community has $125 (so it cannot exceed this amount)

x = purchase plants = $15.99 each

y = bags of soil = $12.50 each

15.99x + 12.50y ≤ 125 is your answer

it can be "less than" or "equal to" the amount they have, but should not exceed their amount of money.

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