For inequalities, "a is no more than b" can be written as:
Here we know Candace that can spend no more than $52 before tax. She can spend a certain amount of money in both Dark Roast coffee and Morning Blend coffee. So she spends:
2 pounds of Morning Blend coffee.
p pounds of Dark Roast coffee
Therefore:
<u>Amount of money for Morning Blend coffee:</u>
<u>Amount of money for Dark Roast coffee:</u>
So the total amount of money:
Finally, the inequality becomes:
Besides, in order to know how many pounds she can spend let's solve for p: