Question

william has $7.50 to spend at a pretzel shop a large pretzel cost $1.25 and a soft drink cost $0.90. he buys one drink and p pretzels. which inquality can be used to find the number of pretzels william can buy.

Answer 1

well 7.50 minus .90 is 6.60 and 6.60 divided by 1.25 is 5.28 so I think he can have 5 with 28 cents left over

Answer 2

D. 1.25p + 0.9 ≤ 7.5

Explanation:

1.25p+.90=7.50

so you need to find p you only got 1 drink

so subtract the drink from 7.50

then divide the remainder by 1.25

that sign means less than and equal too

your maximum amount to spend is 7.50 so in total your pretzles and drink have to be less than