Question

Potato salad costs $1.96 per lb. You have $3.00 to spend on potato salad and a pack of cookies. The pack of cookies costs $.69. Select the inequality below that describes the highest number of pounds of potato salad that you can buy for this situation.

olve the inequality you selected and round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary. Then select the correct answer from the choices given below.

Answer 1

1.96x + 0.69 ≤ 3

Up to 1.18 lb of potato salad.

Explanation:

Let x = number of pounds of potato salad.

The total cost is 1.96x + 0.69.

The total cost has to be at most $3.00.

1.96x + 0.69 ≤ 3

1.96x ≤ 2.31

x ≤ 1.18