Question

Dan has d dimes and q quarters. He has a maximum of $4 worth of coins altogether. Write this situation as an inequality.

Answer 1

`0.10\cdot d+0.25\cdot q\ge4`

Explanation:

Let d be dimes and q be quarters. We have that their equivalences are the following

d dimes = 0.10 dollars

q quarters = 0.25 dollars

Now according to the statement we can establish the following inequality

`0.10\cdot d+0.25\cdot q\ge4`