Elena earns $10.50 per hour as a server working x hours per week. She also earns $8.50 per hour editing poetry for y hours per week. Elena needs to make at least $125 to pay her cell
phone bill, but she has at most 17 total hours to work per week with her busy college schedule.
The system of linear inequalities modeling this situation is shown.
10.50x + 8.50y > 125
2 + y < 17