walt bought 6 bagels and a tub of cream cheese for his family. The cream cheese cost $4.60 Altogether, Walt spent more than $11.50 a. Let b represent the price of each bagel. Write a two-step inequality you could use to find b.
b. Solve the inequality you wrote in part a. Show all the steps.
c. Interpret the solution. What does the solution mean?

Question

walt bought 6 bagels and a tub of cream cheese for his family. The cream cheese cost $4.60 Altogether, Walt spent more than $11.50 a. Let b represent the price of each bagel. Write a two-step inequality you could use to find b. 
b. Solve the inequality you wrote in part a. Show all the steps. 
c. Interpret the solution. What does the solution mean?

anonymous · Answer

6b + 4.60 > 11.50

subtract 4.60 from each side 
6b > 11.50 - 4.60
6b > 6.90 -- divide both sides by 6
b > 6.90/6
b > 1.15

each bagel costs more then $ 1.15