Question

Zach's phone plan costs $0.10 for each text message he sends. He has a $10 limit. Write and solve an inequality to determine how many texts Zach can send.

Answer 1

Zach can send at most 100 messages, or if x is how many messages, x≤100

Explanation:

We will start by putting the amount of money Zach's limit has into cents. This will be 1000 cents. We will also put how much money Zach uses per message as cents, which will be 10. Now here is the first inequality you can make with this information

10x≤1000

From here you divide both sides of the inequality by 10 and get

x≤100

This is the final inequality, and it means Zach can send less than or equal to 100 messages