Question

Mia and her children went into a grocery store and where they sell apples for $2 each and mangos for $1.50 each. Mia has $20 to spend and must buy no less than 9 apples and mangos altogether. If Mia decided to buy 3 mangos, determine the maximum number of apples that she could buy. If there are no possible solutions, submit an empty answer.

Answer 1

The maximum amount of apples she could buy is 7

Explanation:

3 mangos would be 4.50 dollars. Subtract that from her current amount of money (20 dollars). You would get 15.5 dollars. Then, find how many apples she can buy with 15.5 dollars. You can't buy 8 because that would be above 15.5. So do the next smallest amount, 7.