Question

You are in charge of purchasing helium balloons for a school carnival. You have been given $40 to buy the balloons. The balloons cost $1.60 each Write an inequality What is the greatest number of balloons

Answer 1

Answer: the greatest number of helium balloons that you can buy is 25

Explanation:

You are in charge of purchasing helium balloons for a school carnival.

Let x represent the number of helium balloons that you purchased for the school carnival.

You have been given $40 to buy the balloons. The balloons cost $1.60 each. Therefore, an inequality representing the greatest number of helium balloons that you can buy would be

1.6x ≤ 40

x ≤ 40/1.6

x ≤ 25