Question

Shern goes to the BX for $34. She buys a gift for her mom that costs $17.25. She also needs to make sure that she has $3.00 left when she leaves the BX to buy lunch the next day. She sees that bags of Skittles are on sale for $0.70 each. How many bags can she buy to have as many bags as possible? Write and solve an inequality to represent the situation. Show your work.

Answer 1

Explanation:

34-17.25 is 16.75

16.75-.7x≥3

-.7x≥-13.75

x≤19.62, or considering that we're talking about bags of skittles x≤19