In any day the bakery can only produce 6 of these specialty cakes.  The bakery must decide on a daily basis how many of each cake to produce.  However, they must produce at least two Salty Caramel Christmas cakes (x). The number of Salty Caramel Christmas cake is less than or equal to twice the number of fruity Christmas cakes. Write an inequality to represent the number of cakes that can be produced in any day.

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A small bakery offers two types of Christmas cake – a Salty Caramel Christmas cake (x), and an extra fruity Christmas Cake ( Y ).

In any day the bakery can only produce 6 of these specialty cakes.  The bakery must decide on a daily basis how many of each cake to produce.  However, they must produce at least two Salty Caramel Christmas cakes (x). The number of Salty Caramel Christmas cake is less than or equal to twice the number of fruity Christmas cakes.

Write an inequality to represent the number of cakes that can be produced in any day.

 

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