Question 956196: Angus always eats twice as many dog biscuits as Ignatz. How many biscuits will Ignatz eat if the dog eats no more than 27 biscuits? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Edwin McCravy:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Angus always eats twice as many dog biscuits as Ignatz. How many biscuits will Ignatz eat if Angus eats no more than 27 biscuits?
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Equation:
A = 2I
A <= 27
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2I <= 27
I <- 13.5 (# that Ignatz will eat)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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A = 2I
"no more than" means "less than or equal to"
A ≤ 27
2I ≤ 27
Divide both sides by 2
I ≤
I ≤
Ignatz eats no more than dog biscuits.
No need to round that to a whole biscuit. Dogs can
eat only half a biscuit.
Edwin
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