A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs $2 per pound and seeds cost $20 per pound.

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A farmer can spend no more than $4,000 on fertilizer and seeds. The fertilizer costs $2 per pound and seeds cost $20 per pound.

To summarize the situation, the farmer writes the inequality: 2f + 20s ≤ 4,000, where f is the number of pounds of fertilizer and s is the number of pounds of seeds. Which graph's shaded region shows the possible combinations of fertilizer and seeds the farmer can buy?

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