Question

Maribeth has 131 ounces of sandwich meat. How many sandwiches can she make if she puts 2.5 ounces of meat on each sandwich? She can make _____ sandwiches.

Answer 1

52

Explanation:

131 ounces/2.5 ounces=52.4

=52 sandwich

Answer 2

52

Explanation:

You want to know how many sandwiches Maribeth can make with 131 ounces of sandwich meat if she uses 2.5 ounces on each one.

Inequality

For n sandwiches, Maribeth will use 2.5n ounces of meat. This cannot be more than the amount of meat she has. The relevant inequality is ...

2.5n ≤ 131

n ≤ 52.4 . . . . . divide by 2.5

Domain

The values of n can only be whole numbers. This means Maribeth can make 52 sandwiches.

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