You have $15.50 to spend on pizza. A meat lover’s pizza costs $12. Each extra topping costs $0.50. How many extra toppings can you buy? Graph your solution.

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homeworksucks · Answer

Umm, so 12 dollars plus 0.50x must be less than or equal to 15.5 dollars. Sorry, but I don't know how to graph it.

anonymous · Answer

these are the only answer choices

homeworksucks · Answer

You would solve for x

homeworksucks · Answer

So rearrange and solve for x like it was an equation, remember when doing so to switch signs when multiplying or dividing by a negative.

anonymous · Answer

im just not so sure how the equation would look?

homeworksucks · Answer

$$12+0.50x \le 15.50$$

homeworksucks · Answer

You can get rid of  b and d right away, you can't have negative toppings