Question

brenna is buying 15 tomato plants for her garden. she uses a lot of cherry tomatoes when she cooks, but she wants a variety of tomato plants. brenna plans to buy fewer than 7 cherry tomato plants. let c represent the number of cherry tomato plants brenna might buy. which inequality models the story? c > 7 c > 15 c < 7 c < 15 graph the inequality that models the story. to draw a ray, plot an endpoint and select an arrow. select an endpoint to change it from closed to open. select the middle of the ray to delete it.

Explanation:

Step1: Identify key - word

The key - word is "fewer than", which means less than.

Step2: Translate to inequality

If $c$ represents the number of cherry tomato plants and she plans to buy fewer than 7 cherry tomato plants, the inequality is $c < 7$.

Answer:

The inequality that models the story is $c < 7$.
To graph $c < 7$:

1. Plot an open circle at 7 on the number - line (because 7 is not included in the solution set, as it is $c < 7$ not $c\leq7$).
2. Draw an arrow to the left of 7 to represent all the numbers less than 7.