Question

Mari spends $6 on cheese for a party. She also plans to buy b boxes of crackers that cost

$3 per box.



Which inequality shows that Mari wants to spend at most $15 on cheese and crackers


for the party?

Answer 1

To represent the inequality that Mari wants to spend at most $15 on cheese and crackers for the party, we can set up the following inequality:

6 + 3b ≤ 15

In this inequality, 6 represents the cost of the cheese and 3b represents the cost of the crackers (where b is the number of boxes of crackers Mari plans to buy). The sum of these costs should be less than or equal to $15, hence the inequality.