Question

the cost of a gallon of orange juice is $3.50 what is the maximum number of contained you can buy for $15

Answer 1

If a gallon of orange juice is 3.50 you can buy
15÷ 3.50= 4.28 gallons
The max number is 4

Answer 2

The maximum number of container is 4.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The cost of a gallon of orange juice is $3.50 what is the maximum number of contained you can buy for $15.

Let the number of container is x.

The cost of each gallon is $3.50.

So for x gallons you need to pay $3.50x

But the maximum money you can spend is $15.

Thus the required inequality is:

`3.5x\leq 15`

Now solve the inequality as shown.

Divide both the sides by 3.5

`x\leq (15)/(3.5)`

`x\leq 4.286`

Hence the maximum number of container is 4.