Question

HELP guys i need extra to pass in my school and i am still failing by three points please i cant get it up on my own Madison has $6.50. Potatoes are $0.50 per pound. How many pounds of potatoes can Madison afford to buy?

In two or more complete sentences write and solve an inequality for this situation. Explain how you would solve this inequality.

Answer 1

Madison can buy 13 pounds of patatoes.

Explanation:

You have to divide 6.50 by 0.50, but in order to do that you have to move the decimal on both sides two times to the right then you can divide. Then to double check you muliply 13 by 50.

Answer 2

0.5p < 6.50

p < 13

Explanation:

The inequality would be p < 13. Since Madison can't spend more than 6.50, the cost of potatoes would need to be less than 6.50. To solve the inequality, you would have to divide both sides by 0.5, giving you p < 13.