Question

Harry is organizing a picnic. He can spend at most $24. 00 on beverages. Iced tea costs $2. 00 per gallon and lemonade costs $2. 50 per gallon. If x represents the number of gallons of iced tea and y represents the number of gallons of lemonade, which inequality shows the number of gallons of each drink that he can buy? Identify the number of gallons of iced tea that Harry can buy if he buys 5 gallons of lemonade.

Answer 1

Harry can buy 5 gallons of lemonade and 5 gallons of iced tea and still have $1.50 left over from his original $24 dollar budget

Explanation:

Answer 2

Harry can buy 5 gallons of tea.

Some working out:
5y = (2.50x5)
5y = 12.50 (lemonade)

24-12.50 = 11.50
11.50/2 = 5 r 1.5

Therefore Harry can buy 5 gallons of lemonade and 5 gallons of iced tea and still have $1.50 left over from his original $24 dollar budget