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A garage worker goes to a nearby store to buy nuts and bolts. He has Rs. 40 and he is going to buy nuts for 40 paisa and bolts for Rs. 1.5 each. Write an inequality to describe the possible number of nuts and bolts that he can buy (Take the cost price of each bolt and nut as Rs.x and Rs.y respectively).


A

1.5 x + 0.4 y < 40

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1.5 x + 0.4 y > 40

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C

1.5 x + 0.4 y ≤ 40

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C

1.5 x + 0.4 y ≤ 40


Given that the price of each bolt is x and price of each nut is Rs. y

He has to buy a maximum number of bolts and nuts with given amount. So, here less than equal to involve in the inequalities.

1.5 x + 0.4 y 40


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