SOLUTION: Dora wants to buy pasta to donate to the school food drive. The average box of pasta costs $1.25 and she needs to purchase a box to put pasta in for $4. Dora only has $15 to spen

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Question 1167834: Dora wants to buy pasta to donate to the school food drive. The average box of pasta costs $1.25 and she needs to purchase a box to put pasta in for $4. Dora only has $15 to spend. How many boxes of pasta can she buy? Write and solve an inequality for this situation.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15-4=11 she can spend on pasta.

11%2F1.25
You wanted an inequality? She can buy less than that number of packages of pasta if she wants.

Best answer: 8 packages of pasta.
Why? because 8.8 nonwhole. Not enough money left to buy fully 9 packages of pasta, but enough for 8.