Solve the problem.
-A hardware store has room for 400 bags of fertilizer. The fertilizer manufacturer plans to ship x bags of fertilizer with a weed killer and y bags of fertilizer without the weed killer. This can be represented by x + y c 400. List one ordered pair that satisfies this inequality.
A) (0, 450)
B) (400, 400)
C) (50, 340)
D) (50, 400)

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The inequality x + y ≤ 400 represents the total number of bags of fertilizer (with and without weed killer) that the hardware store can accommodate. The ordered pair (50, 340) satisfies this inequality because 50 + 340 = 390, which is less than or equal to 400.

Solve the Problem. -A Hardware Store Has Room for 400 Bags of Fertilizer