Question

At the end of the day, vegetables at Farm Market sell for $2.00 a pound, and a basket costs $3.50. If Charlene wants to buy a basket and spend no more than $10.00 total, how many pounds of vegetables can she buy?

Answer 1

Let x represent the number of pounds of vegetables.

so the equations is 
2x + 3.50 < 10
so solve for x 

2x < 10-3.50
2x < 6.50
x < 3.25
she could buy 3.25 lbs and spend no more than 10 dollars