SOLUTION: A pencil costs $2.50. By setting up an inequality, find the maximum number of pencils that can be bought with $27.
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Question 1120942: A pencil costs $2.50. By setting up an inequality, find the maximum number of pencils that can be bought with $27.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one pencil costs 2.50.
letting x = the number of pencils, your inequality would be:
2.50 * x <= 27
solve for x to get x <= 27/2.50 = 10.8
if you buy 10 pencils, the cost is 10 * 2.50 = 25.
if you buy 11 pencils, the cost is 11 * 2.50 = 27.50
your answer would be x = 10
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