Question

Jamie wants to treat some friends to lunch.He has $40 and knows that lunch will cost about $7 per person,p. How many people can Jamie buy lunch for? Write and solve an inequality to represent this situation

Answer 1

Answer:

$7p\leq 40$

Jamie can buy lunch for 5 person.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Jamie has $40.

Lunch cost per person = $7

Solution:

Jamie wants to treat some friends to lunch.He has $40 and knows that lunch will cost about $7 per person, p.

So, an inequality to represent this situation is written as:

$(Lunch\ cost\ per\ person)p\leq Total\ amount$

$7p\leq 40$

$p\leq \frac{40}{7}$

$p\leq 5.71$

Hence, the answer is 5

Therefore, Jamie can buy lunch for 5 persons.