Question

Sara owns an exotic pet store. She wants to make sure she has more than a pound of food for every 15 lizards she has in the store. If she currently has 4.25 pounds of food, how many lizards can she have in the store? Which inequality can be used to solve the problem?

Answer 1

Which inequality can be used to solve the problem?

A : x/15 < 4.25

Solve the inequality. How can you interpret the solution?

C : She can have a maximum of 63 lizards in the store.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Total lizards in the store are 64.

Explanation:

Total food that Sara owns for the pet = 4.25 pounds

One pound of food is needed for the number of lizards = 15

Now we are required to find the number of lizards in the store. To find the number of Lizards we must multiply the total food with the number of lizards for one pound food.

Total lizards = Total food × lizards for one pound food.

Total lizards = 4.25 × 15

Total lizards = 63.75 or 64 lizards.