Question

Olive buys indie music online. Each song costs $2 plus a $5 fee for using the artist's site. She has no more than $40 to spend. Which inequality shows the number of songs ,s, Olive can purchase.

Answer 1

First, set a variable.

Let x = the number of songs bought.

Each song costs 2 dollars. So, we have our first term: 2x.
And there is a fee of 5 dollars for using the website.

2x + 5

And she can't spend any more than 40 dollars. Which means she can spend 40 and under.

So, 2x + 5 ≤ 40 is the answer.