PLEASE HELP ME Julie has decided to start a snow cone stand, and needs to purchase paper cups and flavored syrup. A local supplier offers packages of 25 cups at a cost of $2.96 per package, and bottles of syrup for $3.72 apiece. She has already decided to purchase 53 bottles of syrup. If her total budget for these supplies is $307.00, and she cannot exceed this budget, which of the following inequalities could be used to solve for p, the number of packages of cups she can purchase? $156.88 + $3.72p

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Julie has decided to start a snow cone stand, and needs to purchase paper cups and flavored syrup. A local supplier offers packages of 25 cups at a cost of $2.96 per package, and bottles of syrup for $3.72 apiece. She has already decided to purchase 53 bottles of syrup.

If her total budget for these supplies is $307.00, and she cannot exceed this budget, which of the following inequalities could be used to solve for p, the number of packages of cups she can purchase?

    $156.88 + $3.72p < $307.00
    $197.16 + $2.96p < $307.00
    $3.72 + $2.96p > $307.00
    $19

anonymous · Answer

hello

anonymous · Answer

you multiplythe 53 bottles of syrup to the amount it costs, then you just put the amount the cups cost multiplied to a variable. so the answer would be probably your 2nd equation

adamaero · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

it will not be the third choice because it says it does not exceed. meaning less than

anonymous · Answer

3rd

anonymous · Answer

ok @adamaero

adamaero · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

sorry

anonymous · Answer

just make sure to analyze the problem and then write out what you can

anonymous · Answer

no need to be rude. atleast he explained, and I agree