Question

Please help! It would be greatly appreciated!!!! WILL AWARD MEDAL!!!!


Mr. Conti doesn't want to spend any more than $50 on pencils and pens for the schoo lyear. Pencils cost $0.89 per box and pens cost $1.24 per box. Mr. Conti knows at least twenty-five boxes of pencils.
Please write a system of equations, and explain how you did what you did. Thank you!

Answer 1

I will give you a medal if you do it.. :P

Answer 2

fine. i got 1.24p+0.89l is less than of equal to 50
p+l is greater than or equal to 25

Answer 3

You did it..

Answer 4

yes, but how did you know that i was right? please explain.

Answer 5

You don't have self confidence that you are right?? :P

Answer 6

See now let us get serious..

Answer 7

no, i do, or else i wouldn't be satisfied with that answer, but you could just be saying it's right when it's not.. i mean.. well i think you get the point

Answer 8

See, first equation will be formed on the basis of Dollar or Money that is given:

So. there is total of 50$, but not more than that..

But here it costs, 1.24$ for each box of pens and 0.89$ for each box of pencils:

So:
If I suppose number of pencil box as p and number of pen box as l (as you did):

So, I have spent money on pencils boxes will be : Number of boxes*Cost = 0.89p
Similarly for pen we get : 1.24l

So, this total cost will be less than or equal to 50$

So our first equation goes like : 1.24l + 0.89p <= 50

Answer 9

oh so i am right. thank you @waterineyes . now i'll give you a medal. hahaha

Answer 10

But number of boxes will atleast be 25:

We have p boxes of pen and l boxes of pencils:
So"

p + l >= 25

Answer 11

so i have everything trighht

Answer 12

Yep..

Answer 13

omg. thank you so much

Answer 14

will you also be willing to help me on two other problems? well, actually, it's justa check.