A hardware store has room for 500 bags of fertilizer. The fertilizer manufacturer plans to ship $x$ bags of fertilizer with weed killer and y bags of fertilizer without weed killer. This can be represented by $\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y} \leq 500$. Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies the inequality? $(50,440),(50,500),(0,550),(500,500)$
A) $(50,440)$
B) $(50,500)$
C) $(500,500)$
D) $(0,550)$

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The inequality $x + y \leq 500$ represents the total number of bags of fertilizer (with and without weed killer) that can be stored, which must be less than or equal to 500. The ordered pair $(50, 440)$ satisfies this condition because $50 + 440 = 490$, which is less than or equal to 500.

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