Question

A sandwich shop charges $3.75 for a sandwich with meat and cheese and $0.15 for each additional topping. You can spend at most $5.25 for one sandwich. Which inequality could you use to figure out the number of toppings, n, you can have?

Answer 1

Answer: $3.75 + $0.15n ≤ $5.25

Explanation:

$3.75 is the cost of the sandwich

$0.15 is the cost for each additional topping

$5.25 is the maximum amount you can spend

Ask yourself, how many additional toppings can you add before going over the total of $5.25. Since we don't know this value, it's a variable, n.