Question

A coffee shop charges $2.50 for each cup of coffee and $1.50 for a cupcake. Your mom gives you $10 and ask you to buy 5 cupcakes. State an inequality and find the maximum cup of coffee you can buy.

Answer 1

you can buy only 1 cup of coffee

Explanation:

uhhh $1.50 multiply by 5 is $7.50

and $7.50 + $2.50 is $10

Answer 2

`(10-7.50)/(2.50)`
`\geq`c

1 cup of coffee

Explanation:

Let's say c = coffee

5 cupcakes would cost 5*1.50 = 7.50

We can make an inequality :

`(10-7.50)/(2.50)`
`\geq`c

Now we can solve the inequality

10 - 7.50 = 2.50

2.50/2.50 = 1

The maximum cup of coffee you can buy is 1

Hope this helps :)