SOLUTION: Angela has £5 to spend. She spends £3.20 on her lunch and decides to buy as many 24p packets of crisps as possible with the rest of the money. a) If the number of packets sh

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Question 841769: Angela has £5 to spend. She spends £3.20 on her lunch and decides to buy as many 24p packets of crisps as possible with the rest of the money.


a) If the number of packets she buys is x, write down an inequality in x and solve it.


b) How many packets of crisps does she buy?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

£5 - £3.20 = £1.80

a)  .24x ≤  1.80

b)   x ≤ 1.80/.24

     x ≤ 7.5,  7 packets of crisps possible