Question

Word problems confuse the heck out of me.. Sigh.


Carmen is purchasing hamburgers and chips for a party. A bag of chips costs $2 each and hamburgers cost $4 per pound. She must spend less than $50. Carmen will be buying at least six pounds of hamburgers. Which of the following is a solution for Carmen?
A. 10 bags of chips and 8 pounds of hamburger
B. 10 bags of chips and 7 pounds of hamburger
C. 13 bags of chips and 6 pounds of hamburger
D. 15 bags of chips and 5 pounds of hamburger

Answer 1

six pounds of hamburger at \(\$4\) a pound is \(6\times 4=\$24\) spend, leaving \(50-24=26\) to spend on chips

Answer 2

at \(\$2\) a bag, \(13\) bags of chips cost \(2\times 13=\$26\) so that will work

Answer 3

Ahh thank you.

Answer 4

hold on a second
if it really means "less than" fifty, that won't work

Answer 5

Oh, that's right. It's not less than or equal to.

Answer 6

10 bags of chips and 7 pounds of hamburger
\[10\times 2+7\times 4=20+28=48\] so that will work

Answer 7

Thank you for catching that.

Answer 8

10 bags of chips and 8 pounds of hamburger\[10\times 2+8\times 4=20+32=52\] so that one will not work
think only B works

Answer 9

yw