Question

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you have $25 A box of candy costs $1.75
a. write an inequality to express the relationship between the number of boxes of candy you could buy and the total amount of money you have
b. how many boxes of candy could can you buy

Answer 1

Assume "x" to be the number of boxes of candy that you buy.
If 1 box of candy costs $1.75, how much will x boxes of candy cost?

Answer 2

could you write an equation

Answer 3

If 1 box of candy costs $1.75, x boxes of candy will cost 1.75x dollars.
This amount has to be less than or equal to $25.
Therefore, 1.75x <= 25

Answer 4

\[\Large 1.75x \le 25\]

Answer 5

is that the answer for both of the questions or just a

Answer 6

Just a.
You have to solve for x for b.
Just divide both sides of the inequality by 1.75 and throw away the decimal part since you cannot buy fractional box of candy.

Answer 7

\[x \le 100/7\]

Answer 8

this is what i got

Answer 9

Yes, go ahead and divide 100 by 7 and throw away any fractional part.

Answer 10

14????

Answer 11

@ranga

Answer 12

yes. that is the answer for b.

Answer 13

okay thank you for helping me

Answer 14

you are welcome.