7.(2) You need to buy jars. They cost $14 per box, and you only have $150 to spend. How many boxes can you buy at most? Write an inequality for the problem and solve it.

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Shalakhin · Answer 1 · 2021-08-01T11:58:15+0000

Answer:

17 boxes

Explanation:

Let x be the number of boxes that you can buy.

14x = 150

x = 250 / 14 = 17.85

We cannot buy 0.85 of a box, so we can only buy 17 boxes.