Ellis is going on a tour that costs $55 while on vacation. He was told to bring $103 to pay for the cost of the tour and dinner. Which of the following inequalities represents the money Ellis can spend on dinner? A. $55 + d $55

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Ellis is going on a tour that costs $55 while on vacation. He was told to bring $103 to pay for the cost of the tour and dinner. Which of the following inequalities represents the money Ellis can spend on dinner? A. $55 + d < $103 B. $103 + d < $55 C. $55 + d > $103 D. $103 + d > $55

n00bstyle · Answer

Try to put it in a little story yourself

n00bstyle · Answer

Ellis payed 55 dollars already
The price for dinner is still unknown
But you do know Ellis isn't allowed to spend more than 103 dollars!

So how to put this in numbers mathematically?

anonymous · Answer

C, the tour costs 55 dollars d=dinner and he can only spend 103 on both the dinner and the tour combined

n00bstyle · Answer

So I believe it isn't C @Sticky

n00bstyle · Answer

It's best to go for option A I think

anonymous · Answer

:( I tried lol

n00bstyle · Answer

The tour costed 55 dollars, and the total amount of money he has with him is 103 dollars.
Exact money left over to buy himself dinner is 103 - 55 = d
But that is the maximum he is allowed to spend on dinner
It should be at least (!) less than 103 in total.
So the equation will become:
55 + dinner < 103