Question

Edwin is buying ingredients to make pizza for a fundraiser. He spent $8 on sauce. Edwin has no more than $20 to spend on cheese and sauce. How many bags of cheese can Edwin buy if each bag of cheese cost $3?

Use c as the variable.

Answer 1

To find out how many bags of cheese (represented by \(c\)) Edwin can buy, we need to consider the total amount he can spend, which is $20, and subtract the amount he spent on sauce, which is $8. This leaves him with $12 to spend on cheese.

Since each bag of cheese costs $3, we can set up an inequality to represent the situation:

\[3c \leq 12\]

Now, solve for \(c\):

\[c \leq \frac{12}{3}\]

\[c \leq 4\]

Edwin can buy at most 4 bags of cheese with the remaining money.