Question

Alonso brings \$21$21dollar sign, 21 to the market to buy eggs and avocados. He gets eggs that cost \$2.50$2.50dollar sign, 2, point, 50. Then, he notices that the store only sells avocados in bags of 333 for \$5$5dollar sign, 5. He wants to buy as many avocados as he can with his remaining money. Let BBB represent the number of bags of avocados that Alonso buys.

Answer 1

1) The inequality that describes this scenario is 2.50+5B≤21

2) Alonso can afford at most 9 avocados.

Answer 2

B ≤ 3.7

Explanation:

Total money with Alonso = $21

Cost of Eggs = $2.50

Cost of Avocados in bags of 3 = $5

Let

B = number of bags of avocados that Alonso buys.

The inequality is:

Cost of Eggs + Cost of Avocados in bags of 3 ≤ Total money with Alonso

2.50 + 5B ≤ 21

5B ≤ 21 - 2.50

5B ≤ 18.5

B ≤ 18.5/5

B ≤ 3.7

The number of bags of avocados Alonso bought can be represented by B ≤ 3.7