SOLUTION: A box can hold a maximum of 60 comic books. If comic books are bundled together in groups of 8, write and solve an inequality to find the maximum number of bundles of comic books

Question 1112085: A box can hold a maximum of 60 comic books. If comic books are bundled together in groups of 8, write and solve an inequality to find the maximum number of bundles of comic books that the box can carry.

Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the condition,


8*B <= 60,


where B is the number of bundles carrying 8 books each.


Divide both sides by 8.  You will get


B <=  = 7.5.


Answer.  The number of bundles  carrying 8 books is not more than 7.

Solved.

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