At most, Kyle can spend $50 on sandwiches and chips for a picnic. He already bought chips for $6 and will buy sandwiches that cost $4.50 each.

Question

Write and solve an inequality to show how many sandwiches he can buy. Show your work and interpret your solution.

PLZ HELP

Answer 1

4.5S + 6C < 50

any combination of Chips and Sandwiches that satisfies the above inequality is possible

he could buy all Sandwiches, then S = 50/4.5 = 10/.9 = 100/9 = 11 sandwiches and no chips

or all chips then C =50/6 = 8 chips

11S and 0C

10S and 0C

9S and 1C

8S and 2C

7S and 3C

6S and 3C

5S and 4C

4S and 5C

3S and 6C

2S and 6C

1S and 7C

0S and 8C

11 different possibilities

5 of one and 4 of the other is as close to having one of each for someone