Question

Jarvis and his family are at the dine-in movies and wish to purchase some popcom. A large popcom costs $18 and a small popcom costs $12. Jarvis offered to pay for the popcom with $50 in his wallet.

Create an inequality in standard form that describes this situation.
Use the given numbers and the following variables.
• x = the number of large popcoms
• y = the number of small popcorn

Answer 1

18x + 12y ≤ 50

Explanation:

Let x be the number of large popcoms and y be the number of small popcoms.

The cost of a large popcom is $18, and the cost of a small popcom is $12. The total cost of purchasing x large popcoms and y small popcoms is given by:

Total cost = 18x + 12y

The problem states that Jarvis has $50 in his wallet to pay for the popcoms. Therefore, we can write the following inequality:

18x + 12y ≤ 50

This inequality represents the situation where Jarvis and his family want to purchase popcoms, and Jarvis has $50 to spend. The inequality ensures that the total cost of the popcoms does not exceed $50.