Question

Mrs. Leary wants to buy some plants and potting soil. Each plant costs $2.50 and each bag of potting soil costs $3.25. Mrs. Leary wants to spend no more than $50. If Mrs. Leary buys 4 bags of potting soil, which inequality represents the number of plants, p, that she may buy?

Answer 1

Answer: Ok while i was working out this problem I started by multiplying so i started by 5

2.50 x 5 = 12.5

3.25 x 5 = 16.25 then I added then and got 28.75. So i was like i should go higher. I picked 7.

2.50 x 7 = 17.5

3.25 x 7 = 22. 75 then I added those two and got 40.25 when i got that I was like yes, Im getting closer. So i picked 9 then I got..

2.50 x 9 = 22.5

3.25 x 9 = 29.25 and that equaled 51.75

so then i was like oh! Taxes so I think the answer might be 8. 46 plus tax lol.

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