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You have $5.60 to buy avocados for a

guacamole recipe. Avocados cost $1.40 each.
Write and solve an inequality that represents
the numbers of avocados you can buy.Are there infinitely many solutions in this
context?explain

User Olkoza
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Final answer:

To solve this problem, set up the inequality 1.40x <= 5.60 and find the largest number of avocados x that satisfies the inequality. The maximum number of avocados you can buy is 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, we can set up the following inequality:

1.40x <= 5.60

Here, x represents the number of avocados you can buy. We want to find the maximum number of avocados, so we need to find the largest whole number x that satisfies the inequality.

We can divide both sides of the inequality by 1.40 to isolate x and find that x <= 4. In other words, you can buy a maximum of 4 avocados given your budget.

Therefore, the inequality that represents the numbers of avocados you can buy is x <= 4.

In this context, there are not infinitely many solutions because the number of avocados you can buy is limited by your budget.

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