Hi I'm trying to do this question and I can't really seem to get a good answer by myself. Would love if someone could walk me through this question.
A bookshelf is 24 inches wide. Algebra textbooks are 1.5 inches wide and
workbooks are 0.5 inch wide. What inequality describes the number of
algebra textbooks and workbooks that will fi t on the shelf? Graph the
solution in the coordinate plane.

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Hi I'm trying to do this question and I can't really seem to get a good answer by myself.  Would love if someone could walk me through this question.
A bookshelf is 24 inches wide. Algebra textbooks are 1.5 inches wide and
workbooks are 0.5 inch wide. What inequality describes the number of
algebra textbooks and workbooks that will fi t on the shelf? Graph the
solution in the coordinate plane.

mertsj · Answer

How thick is a textbook and workbook together?

anonymous · Answer

It would be two inches put together.

mertsj · Answer

So would you agree that 1 textbook and 1 workbook would take up 2 inches and
2 textbooks and 2 workbooks would take up 2(2) inches and 
x textbooks and x workbooks would take up 2x inches?

anonymous · Answer

So it would be 12 textbooks and twelve workbooks put together that would equal 24 inches total on the book shelf. :)  Would I put the inequality as 1.5x + 0.5y <= 24?

mertsj · Answer

yes.

anonymous · Answer

Awesome, thank you Mertsj!