Question

Jamie wants to treat his friends to lunch. He has $40 and knows that lunch will cost $7 per person, p, how many people can Jamie buy lunch for. Write and solve an inequality to represent the situation

Answer 1

7p ≥ 40
p ≥ 5 2/7
There is no such thing as 5 and 2/7 of a friend, so he can buy lunch for 5 people.