Question

Suppose that you are running a concession stand when a person gives you $18 and asks for six drinks and as many hot dogs as the remaining money will buy. If drinks are $1.00 and hot dogs are $1.75, what is the maximum number of hot dogs the person can buy? Write an inequality that represents your solution. Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer: 6 hotdogs

Explanation:

h= hot dogs

18= 6 + h

-6 -6

6= h

Answer 2

The maximum number of hot dogs that you can buy will be 6.

Explanation:

Suppose that you are running a concession stand when a person gives you $18 and asks for six drinks and as many hot dogs as the remaining money will buy.

The drinks cost $1.00 so total cost for drinks will be = $6.

Remaining amount =
`18-6=12` dollars

The cost of hot dogs are $1.75 per piece.

Let you buy x hot dogs.

We can make the following equation now;

`1.75x=12`

So, x = 6.8

Hence, the maximum number of hot dogs that you can buy will be 6 and you get a change of $1.50.