Leo held a garage sale. He priced all the items at a dime or a quarter. His sales totaled less than $5.
a. Write a linear inequality that describes the situation.
b. What is the maximum possible number of items that could have been sold for a dime?
c. What is the maximum possible number of items that could have been sold for a quarter?

Question

Leo held a garage sale. He priced all the items at a dime or a quarter. His sales totaled less than $5.
a. Write a linear inequality that describes the situation.
b. What is the maximum possible number of items that could have been sold for a dime? 
c. What is the maximum possible number of items that could have been sold for a quarter?

mathmale · Answer

Please choose variables to represent the number of items that could have sold for a dime and to represent the number that could have sold for a quarter.  I'd do the obvious and choose the letters d and q.

mathmale · Answer

What algebraic expression would represent the revenue (income) from the sale of d objects that are priced at 10 cents each?