Ling must spend no more than $40.00 on decorations for a party. She has spent $10.00 on streamers and wants to buy bags of balloons as well. Each bag of balloons costs $2.50. The inequality below represents x, the number of bags she can buy given the spending limit and how much she has already spent on streamers.

10 + 2.5x

Question

Ling must spend no more than $40.00 on decorations for a party. She has spent $10.00 on streamers and wants to buy bags of balloons as well. Each bag of balloons costs $2.50. The inequality below represents x, the number of bags she can buy given the spending limit and how much she has already spent on streamers.

10 + 2.5x <_40

Which best describes the number of bags of balloons she can buy?

AngeI · Answer

Welcome to QuestionCove cx
So to do this equation you have to subtract 10 from both sides
10-10+2.5x≤40-10
Getting
2.5x≤30
Then you would divide both sides by 2.5 to get the number of bags she can buy cx