Question

Max can spend up to $9 on lunch. He wants to buy a turkey sandwich, bottle of water, and x pounds of potato salad. Write and solve an inequality to find the possible numbers of pounds of potato salad that he can buy.

Turkey Sandwich $4.25
Potato Salad $4.00/lb
Bottle of Water $2.25

Answer 1

4.25 + 2.25 +4x <= 9

combine like terms

6.5 + 4x< =9

subtract 6.5 from each side

4x< = 2.5

divide by 4

x< =2.5/4

x<=.625

Answer: Max can buy up to and including .625 lbs of potato salad.