Question

Alexandria ate at most two hundred fifty calories more than twice the number of calories her infant sister ate. Alexandria ate eighteen hundred calories. If i represents the number of calories eaten by the infant, which inequality represents the situation? A. 1,800 less-than-or-equal-to 250 + 2 i B. 1,800 less-than 250 + 2 i C. 1,800 + 250 greater-than 2 i D. 1,800 + 250 greater-than-or-equal-to 2 i

Answer 1

The correct option is A. 1,800≤250+2i.

Answer 2

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The words at most means that there is a maximum point that is included as a probability. This means that we will use the less than or equal sign (≤) in our inequality.

Let's write this all out as an inequality now. We will use i to represent how much the baby ate.

1,800≤2i+250

This inequality shows that Alexandria's 1,800 calories is at most 250 more than twice those of her baby sister. Therefore, the correct option is A. 1,800≤250+2i .

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