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?

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?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Start by choosing a variable to represent the number of bagels Walt bought.

anonymous · Answer

So what exactly do you need help with