SOLUTION: Simone has $40 to buy baseballs for her team's practice. Each baseball costs $3. Which inequality represents this situation A. 3b < 40 B. 3b > 40 C. 3b < 39 D. 3b

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Question 729519: Simone has $40 to buy baseballs for her team's practice. Each baseball costs $3. Which inequality represents this situation
A. 3b < 40
B. 3b > 40
C. 3b < 39
D. 3b < 39

Found 3 solutions by jim_thompson5910, lynnlo, MathLover1:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source):
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They have $40 to spend. They cannot spend any more than that. So if each baseball costs $3, then b baseballs cost 3b dollars.

This means

Total < 40

3b < 40

Answer by lynnlo(4176)   (Show Source):
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A.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source):
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if Simone has $ to buy baseballs for her team's practice, she can spend $ or less
if each baseball costs $ she can buy baseballs and that should be $ or less
find how many baseballs you can buy:

...you can buy baseballs
so, your answer is choice C.

I am not quite sure is choice D. 3b < 39 is correct or you made mistake because is same as C.

SOLUTION: Simone has $40 to buy baseballs for her team's practice. Each baseball costs $3. Which inequality represents this situation A. 3b < 40 B. 3b > 40 C. 3b < 39 D. 3b < 39