Question

At most, Keith can spend $90 on sandwiches and chips for a company lunch. He already bought chips for $15 and will buy sandwiches that cost $6 each. The inequality 15 + 6s ≤ 90 represents the described cost, where s is the maximum number of sandwiches that could be bought. What is the maximum number of sandwiches Keith can buy?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

Answer 2

It is given in the question that,

At most, Keith can spend $90 on sandwiches and chips for a company lunch. He already bought chips for $15 and will buy sandwiches that cost $6 each. The inequality

`15 + 6s \leq 90`

represents the described cost, where s is the maximum number of sandwiches that could be bought.

Now we have to solve for s, and for that, we first subtract 15 to both sides, that is

`6s\leq  75`

Dividing both sides by 6

`s\leq  12.5`

So the maximum number of sandwiches Keith can buy is 12.