Question

Sophia goes to an icecream shop to get a medium ice cream that costs $4.50, Sophia only has $6.40 and toppings are $0.75 each. Write an inequality to find how many toppings Sophia can get .

Answer 1

x ≤ 2

Explanation:

4.5 = medium ice cream

0.75x = toppings, x = amount of toppings

Sophia has $6.4, so 4.5+0.75x has to be less or equal to that.

4.5 + 0.75x ≤ 6.4, solve

0.75x ≤ 1.9

x ≤ 2 8/15

BUT you cannot get half a topping or a fraction of a topping,

so, x ≤ 2 toppings.

Sophia can get 2 or less toppings.