Alison has twice as many video games as Kyle. Maurice has 5 more video games than Alison. The total number of video games is les

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Alison has twice as many video games as Kyle. Maurice has 5 more video games than Alison. The total number of video games is les

s than 40. a. Write an inequality to represent this situation.
b. Solve the inequality to determine the greatest number of video games Maurice could have.

Mathematics

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belka [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-11T15:33:02+03:00

belka [17]3 years ago

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So,

a.
Let
1. Alison be "a"
2. Kyle be "k"
3. Maurice be "m"

a = 2k
m = a + 5
m = 2k + 5

40 > 5k + 5

35 > 5k
7 > k
The relationship between k and m:
m = 2k + 5
19 > m
MAURICE CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 19 VIDEO GAMES.