Question

Jane is buying bagels and cream cheese for a family brunch. At most, she can spend $25. She will spend a total of $3.50 on cream cheese. Each bagel costs an additional $0.90. Which inequality could be used to determine b, the number of bagels she could buy? Solve the inequality you picked

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Let b represent the the number of bagels that she could buy.

At most, she can spend $25. She will spend a total of $3.50 on cream cheese. Each bagel costs an additional $0.90. The cost of b bagels would be 0.9b. Therefore, the inequality that can be used to determine the number of bagels she could buy is

0.9b + 3.50 ≤ 25

0.9b ≤ 25 - 3.5

0.9b ≤ 21.5

Dividing through by 0.9, it becomes

0.9b/0.9 ≤ 21.5/0.9

b ≤ 23.8

The most number of bagels that she could buy is 23