Question

Jackie walks into a convenience store and recognizes the number of lottery tickets she can purchase varies inversely with the price of each ticket. If Jackie buys $5 tickets, she can purchase exactly 6 tickets. If she buys $3 tickets, what is the maximum number of tickets she can purchase?

Answer 1

Explanation:

10

Answer 2

Let the price of the tickets be 'x' and the number of tickets bought is 'y'

When the y inversely proportioned to x, the equation is

y = k/x where k is a constant

We work out the value of k by using the information y = 6 and x = 5

6 = k/5
k = 30

Hence, the maximum number of tickets when the price is $3 is

y = 30/3
y = 10 tickets