Question

Walt bought 6 bagels and a tub of cream cheese for his family. The cream cheese cost 4 dollars and sixty cents. Altogether, Walt spent more than eleven dollars and fifty cents.

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?

Answer 1

6b + 4.60 > 11.50

Answer 2

b>1.15

Answer 3

6b+4.60>11.50
Since 4.6 does not contain the variable to solve move it to the right hand side of the inequality by subtracting 4.6 from both sides
6b>-4.60+11.50
Add 11.5 to -4.6 to get 6.9.

6b>6.9

Divide each term by 6
6b/6 > 6.9/6

Simplify the left side by canceling the common factors
b>6.9/6

simplify
b>1.15

Answer 4

C. the bagel cost more than $1.15

Answer 5

understand